Performance Nutrition Digest

Performance Nutrition Digest

Do you need to load creatine? 📈

This classic study answers that question.

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Tom Coughlin
Oct 10, 2024
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Muscle creatine loading in men

Background

Creatine loading protocols (~20g per day for a week) is common practice for first time users, but is it actually required? 🧐

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Study Details

This classic study recruited 31 males to compare two creatine dosing…

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