🤔What Happens When You Stop Creatine?

Not much happens. Once you have been taking creatine for 2 or more weeks, your muscles are saturated with creatine, and missing a day of supplementation won’t meaningfully decrease your creatine stores.

In one study it was found that stopping creatine intake for 30 days resulted in only a 22% decrease in muscle phosphocreatine stores [1]. So if you miss a day or even a week of creatine supplementation, no worries. Just get back on your regular 3-5g on a daily basis and you will continue to see the benefits of creatine intake.

Now, just as a reminder, creatine is a performance supplement, so it helps strength athletes slightly improve their muscle and strength gains, as supported by research [2]. But by no means are you dependent on creatine if you take it.

The performance benefits are small. 99% of your progress will simply come from hard training and healthy nutrition.

📚Scientific References (PMID):
1. 14971966
2. 28615996

[davids_blog]

Thank youuu
I was worrying about my muscles because there is a shortage of creatine in the stores in my area. So therefore I had to order creatine and it will take some days.
Pump and dump baby

[tillinfinity]

Its like missing a day of eating red meat or salmon. They have creatine in them and missing a day not eating them won't affect you

[BltchErica]

What happens if you stop completely? Do your muscles just shrink slightly?

[vishnunalubola]

Does not taking creatine reduces performance and cognitive ability?

[dannym.]

What if i dont forgot my creatine but i dont drink enough water

[youtube_account_]

Creatine is beneficial, definitely more than 1%.. not that you said that. But its directly tied to your workouts because the benefit is in the workout itself. Not as some builder of muscle.

[drugrug]

I find taking Creatine and a celcius before my workout I feel stronger (placebo effect)

[saikatsoccer]

Which one is important... Practice or Suppliment ???

[tommytoefanir]

Does this also is the same with Ashwagandha and why do you need to consume creatine daily then cause isn’t it just stays in you body i hope you respond 🎉

[FireJach]

Thanks after 2 weeks of drinking warm water with creatine for better tolerance, my stomach started a revolution again. I need to take a break for a couple days xd

[TriniDB]

Can I mix creatine and whey together in a shaker?

[dennis]

Its not 99% its more so basically its cheating a bit. 4/5 gr a day? Thats quite a lot

[Shortzchannal]

When can I take It pre-workout or post workout

[nicolecalderon]

Okay but what if you miss a day when you just started

[flacotrz]

If I stop taking creatine for a 2 months should I do another loading phase ?

[BraniumVR]

I stopped taking it. I went from 11.8 inch arms to 12.5, then I stopped since I could not afford more. In just 2 weeks of being off Creatine my muscles rapidly lost water but muscle as well. I am now at 11.5 inch arms and I am freaking out because I lost a years worth of progress in 2 weeks. I spent years to have it taken away from me. It is painful.

[smashboy]

If 99% of our progress isn't creative then what's the point of using it? 🤔

[LucasDeschamps-chjh]

99% will not come from creatine? That doesn't sound accurate

[krifzy]

Why wouldn’t you just take creative every other day instead of daily then?

[andylishez]

All these studies sponcored by companies producing dietary supplements. Please by our goods we spent so many on anrkenjng and studies 😂