People didn’t lift more or less depending on whether they took creatine before or after their workout — they did the same amount of work in both cases.

Doing strength training with heavy weights for two months makes your muscles bigger and stronger, no matter when you take creatine.

Taking creatine before or after your workout doesn’t make a difference in how much muscle you build or how much stronger you get, as long as you take it regularly for about two months.

If you take a one-week break from lifting weights halfway through a 9-week workout plan, you might lose a little bit of your strength gains in your legs, but your muscles won’t shrink any more than if you kept going, and your endurance and power won’t be affected.

If you take a one-week break from your heavy leg workouts, your leg strength and ability to keep going during exercises won’t drop in any meaningful way — at least not if you’re already trained.

Taking 5 grams of creatine daily along with weight training for 4 weeks can help young male bodybuilders gain muscle and get stronger on the bench press, no matter if they take it before or after their workout.