c r e a t i n e the discussions about the benefits and downsides of creatine as supplement are on repeat since 40 or even more years. thats why creatine is well known and tested in thousands of studies. the issn @the_issn made 2 good and profound meta-studies about that huge load of information out of those studies from the last decades. I personally found myself trying to use creatine as supplement in the 90' when I was a young professional handball player with the problem to have not enough body mass for international level and train/play a lot every day/week, all year. I gained weight, pretty sure not much because of creatine, but because of eating a ton of food and invest a lot of time in the gym lifting weights. later I used creatine as supplement to recover faster in times of heavy trainings loads, like on trainingscamps, but I did not and still do not use it as everyday-supplement like vitamines or omega 3 fat acids. my personal point of view is, that too many hobby athletes try to use creatine as shortcut to gain muscles with less training. but this doesnt work. the good thing about it: science tells, those athletes do not harm themself but invest in expensive urine and might have other benfits like better sleep quality. I think creatine supplementation helps to recover faster when the trainingsloads are huge. all other found benefits might relate to this simple base. there is no magic in trainingsscience. there are no shortcuts. find the link to the papers in my bio / linktree #suptraining #creatine #training #standuppaddle #chrisdiver (hier: Graz, Austria) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp4qJFuNjvY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=