'What Happens When I Stop Taking Creatine?'

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Is A "Creatine Cycle" Necessary?

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Video Summary:

"What Happens When I Stop Taking Creatine?"

Creatine benefits your muscle building program in two main ways. The first is by increasing the efficiency of your body's use of the energy molecule ATP, and the second is by increasing intramuscular water retention to give you a fuller, harder appearance.

But what happens when you stop using creatine? Does going off creatine cause you to lose all of your gains, or are creatine gains permanent?

Let's look at each individual benefit...

The first is the additional water retention that is held inside of the muscle cell. After stopping creatine for around 2 or 3 weeks, this particular benefit will in fact be lost. Creatine requires additional water in order to be stored inside of your muscle cells, and when you stop using creatine, those extra water stores will flush out along with the creatine itself.

The second is the increased strength and gym performance. This one will vary quite a bit from person to person and it depends on how well you responded to creatine supplementation in the first place. Assuming you do respond well, you might notice a slight reduction in gym performance after cycling off creatine. However, it shouldn't be too significant, and whatever additional muscle you originally gained from the creatine use should remain intact.

So, to sum it up, when you discontinue creatine use, you will lose the additional creatine water weight and you may experience a slight reduction in strength, but you likely won't lose any actual lean muscle tissue that you gained.

The real question though, is why stop using creatine in the first place? There is no benefit to creatine cycling (going off creatine for a month, for example, isn't going to give you any added benefits)... it is completely safe to use over the long term... and it's also very inexpensive.

Assuming you are someone who benefits from this supplement, my advice is to just use it continuously, as I can't see any reason why going off creatine would be beneficial.

[Sean_Nalewanyj]

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[MadMegaPow]

This video is 8 years old, yet it’s one of the best videos on explaining creatine in YouTube. Thanks Sean!

[still__twenneclicc]

so moral of the story is... using creatine is like staying in Super Saiyan mode.

[mrroo]

I started taking creatine three months ago when my body weight was 75kg.. Now, I am 81, 5 kg with about 9-10% body fat. My lifts have also gone up drastically.. It's really nice.

[mangoman]

MY EXPERIENCE:
I used creatine 5g a day as pre workout. I gained significant strength and I increased mac rep to 30%. When I quit taking creatine, I didn't loose my strength because my muscles became habitual of lifting those weights kind of muscle memory.

[Sean_Nalewanyj]

Thanks for watching and see you in the next one!

[frankdougherty]

Clear, focused, and great job with the recap summary of all points at the end. Thanks for the share!

[krauser]

well looks like ill be taking creatine for the rest of my life. 

[CyberGun]

I do pushups, pullups and more cal workouts, while using creatine I did get bigger and stronger. The moment I got off it I lost a good amount of water within my system BUT my strength had become stronger do to having less body weight so my reps stayed the same if not better and I felt quicker then ever before. So there is a positive effect even when you stop but like Sean mentioned you have to stick to your workout routine to keep the momentum going.

[godfistclw]

like no joke, this is the best explaination to anything i ever seen

[saltycrotchwhiff]

I heard taking Creatine anally is more effective. Any experiences?

[heydaddy]

I started buying creatine 2 years ago, now I make 2k a day selling it in sealable pouches 🤷🏻‍♂️

[GAVdCV]

probably one of the best videos I've ever seen.... very informative, right straight to the point... no useless chit chat.... awesome!!! thumbs up and subscribed!!!

[WiseEyes]

Good video. Straight to the point. Well spoken. Concise. Nice summary at the end. I will be subscribing if you have more vids like this

[cityofangels]

Great video. Well-informed, simple, and straightforward.

[mofo]

Your first minute hit the nail on the head. Growth is like a bell curve. Rapid increase also means a rapid loss as any nutrition is a 2 way street. This is exactly why I progress slow and stay in "first gear".

[MyThirdUserAccount]

Are those wines? You shouldn't expose em to sunlight, it'll bleach the tannin and sour the bottle if you aim to age em at all before you open em. +1 though.

[mark]

subscribed because very straightforward, very informative, good sound quality.. Hope you continue this way..

[zakazjack]

This is the best and most useful and informative video on the topic of Creatine, Thank you for making this!

[Rvckus]

I started taking creatine and the next morning I discovered my hair had fallen out and found my dad knocked out on the bathroom floor in a wizard robe. What am I doing wrong?