Blogging About The Truth To Gain Weight & Build Muscle Mass!

Creatine, which is probably the most popular muscle building and weight gain supplement, is what many weight trainers that workout take religiously in order to bulk up and build mass. And actually, compared to many other bodybuilding supplements, such as certain protein powders, pills, shakes, bars, etc., you can find this for a fairly low price. However, is it necessary for muscle building?

Creatine is a substance that, to put it into very simple and mumbo-jumbo less terminology, basically pushes water inside of your muscle cells, hydrating them, resulting in a fuller and larger muscle in size (without getting into the ATP connection, muscular contraction enhancing effects). Is this the case? Should you pull out your wallet and fork over your money to purchase this body building supplement?

Honestly speaking, I’ve never seen anything dramatic from creatine usage. Sure, you gain body weight during the “loading phase”, but I’ve noticed that most of that weight gained was around my midsection, and not in my muscular body parts. I confirmed this by taking measurements before and after creatine supplementation of my arms, chest, legs, and midsection with a measuring tape.

As far as muscular strength goes, I didn’t see any increase while on creatine in comparison while off. I’m not trying to bash creatine, but I don’t feel it will make the difference between you having a 17 inch arm or having an 18 inch arm. And if I’m going to be spending money on a bodybuilding supplement I’m going to want to see visible, noticeable results.

Besides, for decades before creatine was released to the weight gain community (in terms of muscle mass goes, of course) there were many weight lifters that built a ton of muscle and gained weight….without it. So, in my humble opinion, creatine is not worth the money.