New Study DESTROYS Creatine (is it really worthless?)

Renaissance Periodization April 17, 2025
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The UPDATED RP HYPERTROPHY APP: https://rpstrength.com/hypeapp Become an RP channel member and get instant access to over 200 videos of exclusive in-depth training and advanced science content! ➡️https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfQgsKhHjSyRLOp9mnffqVg/join 0:00 Creatine is ineffective? 1:30 Design and Findings 5:55 Thoughts 11:18 Creatine Alone 12:24 With Resistance Training 15:26 Addressing Water Retention 17:22 Mechanisms for Growth 22:36 Conclusions and Implications 24:21 What does new study mean? 27:42 Summary and Recommendations References: The Effect of Creatine Supplementation on Lean Body Mass with and Without Resistance Training https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17/6/1081 Performance and muscle fiber adaptations to creatine supplementation and heavy resistance training https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10449017/ Creatine supplementation combined with resistance training in older men https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11740307/ Creatine supplementation augments the increase in satellite cell and myonuclei number in human skeletal muscle induced by strength training https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1779717/ Effects of Creatine Supplementation during Resistance Training Sessions in Physically Active Young Adults https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/6/1880 Performance and muscle fiber adaptations to creatine supplementation and heavy resistance training https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10449017/ Common questions and misconceptions about creatine supplementation: what does the scientific evidence really show? https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12970-021-00412-w Effects of oral creatine and resistance training on serum myostatin and GASP-1 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20026378/

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