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Taking creatine powder while doing intense rowing and weight training won’t make you stronger, faster, or change your body composition any more than taking a sugar pill instead.

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Effects of creatine monohydrate supplementation during combined strength and high intensity rowing training on performance.

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2001 Dec

The study gave rowers the same creatine supplement as mentioned in the claim and found that it didn’t help them get stronger, row faster, or change their body better than a fake pill. So, the claim is right.

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Effects of creatine monohydrate supplementation during combined strength and high intensity rowing training on performance.

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DOI: 10.1139/H01-029

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If trained rowers do six weeks of intense rowing and weight training, they’ll get stronger, row faster, and lose fat or gain muscle—even if they don’t take creatine supplements.

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Taking creatine monohydrate won’t help trained rowers do more reps during weight training or maintain higher power during repeated rowing sprints.

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Taking creatine powder for about a week—first a lot, then a little—can boost the amount of creatine in your muscles by over 13%, which helps your muscles store more energy.

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Taking 3 to 5 grams of creatine every day can help your muscles store more energy, making you stronger, more powerful, and better at building muscle when you lift weights—without making you gain fat.

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Taking creatine powder every day for a week, then a smaller dose after that, can help your muscles store more energy, making you stronger and better at intense workouts like weightlifting.

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