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Should you be taking creatine? 🤔

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The reel accurately describes creatine's benefits for muscle performance and safety, but overstates its effects on body composition and cognitive functions. Creatine is effective for improving strength and training capacity, but its impact on cognitive functions and body composition is less clear.

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Creatine Monohydrate"creatine" in reel
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2000mg mentionedBelow typical range
Creatine MonohydrateOverstated

Creatine helps you become leaner, defined and build more lean muscle mass.

Creatine supports muscle performance and growth, but its direct impact on becoming leaner or more defined is not well-supported.

Creatine MonohydrateSupported

Creatine helps you to train harder and recover faster.

Creatine is well-supported for improving strength, power, and training volume, aiding in harder training and faster recovery.

Creatine MonohydrateSupported

Creatine doesn't make you bloated; water weight is retained within the muscle.

Creatine causes water retention in muscles, not under the skin, which can enhance muscle appearance.

Creatine MonohydrateOverstated

Creatine has benefits like improved cognitive functions, improved mood, improved bone density.

While creatine may improve some cognitive functions, evidence for mood and bone density improvements is limited.

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Day and night, I toss and turn, I keep stressing my mind. Now the creatine didn't directly help her get these results. Her workouts probably did, but the creatine definitely did help. And creatine is probably one of the most misunderstood supplements in the fitness industry. And here's why, as a woman, you should be taking it and you shouldn't be scared of it. So first of all, creatine doesn't make you bulky. If anything, it's going to help you become leaner, defined and build more lean muscle mass. And creatine is going to help you to train harder and recover faster. And training harder means you'll be able to push more weight and as a result, build more muscle. Second, and this is one of the myths I hate the most, creatine doesn't make you bloated. Yes, it does make you retain some water weight, but that water weight is retained within the muscle and not under the skin. So because your muscles are holding onto the water, this is only going to make your body look better, not worse. And there's so many studies out there showing that creatine is safe to take. And there's so many other benefits of taking it too, like improved cognitive functions, improved mood, improved bone density. Your body composition will improve and your performance will improve. So in my opinion, it's a no-brainer to take it. So if you are looking to take creatine, I would recommend taking two to five grams a day.
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Should you be taking creatine? 🤔 Credit: @hayleymadiganfitness Wearing @womensbest code “wilsoncoachinguk” 💙 #wilsoncoaching #gymreels #gym #fitness #fitnessreels