799: Creatine: Worth It or Overhyped? (Latest Science Explained)
Fit, Healthy And Happy Podcast
Colossus Fitness
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
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INTRO:
Creatine = one of the most researched supplements ever
Still widely misunderstood
A lot of noise around creatine when there doesn’t need to be.
WHO SHOULD TAKE IT:
People lifting weights
Anyone trying to build muscle or strength
Dieting individuals (helps maintain performance)
High stress / low sleep individuals
Vegetarians may benefit more (lower baseline creatine levels)
(Basically everyone with some few exceptions that we will get to later in this episode)
WHAT DOES CREATINE DO?
Helps your body produce energy (ATP) faster
Think: “battery pack” for muscles and brain
Result:
More strength
More reps: more output = more long term muscle mass
Better training output - better quality workouts, slight improvement to recovery capacity
Also proven to help with high intensity efforts within endurance work for athletes. You can produce more power in these moments and recovery faster between hard efforts.
Cognitive and brain benefits (Emerging science)
Improves memory, focus, mental fatigue resistance and it’s especially prevelant when dieting, sleep deprived and in high stress situations
New science showing some fatigue resistance (especially in sleep deprivation)
Aging / longevity support
Dosage:
Standard 3-5g daily
No need for a loading phase. Higher side effects and same result
Must be consistnet, try not to miss multiple days. You will lose the effect
Side effects?
Mainly GI issues. You can circumvent by starting at 3g, taking it with food and trying to split in two doses while staying hydrated.
2–5 lbs water weight (intramuscular, not fat)
Pre-existing kidney issues → consult doctor
Closing message:
Not a magic solution
High ROI supplement if basics are already in place
Simple protocol:
3–5g daily
Stay consistent
Focus on training and nutrition first
There are also responders and non responders, experiment with it and see how you feel.
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| 0:00.0 | I wanted to do a full breakdown on creatine. |
| 0:02.9 | And if you've been wondering, should I be taking creatine, how much, all these questions |
| 0:07.0 | will be answered. |
| 0:07.7 | So let's jump right into it. |
| 0:16.1 | What's going on, everybody? |
| 0:17.7 | Welcome to the fit, healthy, and most of all, all happy podcast i'm your coach and host josh |
| 0:23.3 | here with his co-hosting co-coach kg and i'm in the house and i wanted to do a full breakdown on |
| 0:30.4 | creatine is it worth it or is it overhyped what does it do what is everything you need to know about |
| 0:35.1 | creatine case and point i also wanted to get into it from the latest science we've done an episode on this previously there's everything you need to know about creatine case and point i also wanted to get into it |
| 0:37.9 | from the latest science we've done episode on this previously there's been some amazing new science |
| 0:42.7 | i want to jump into it and if you've been wondering should i be taking creatine how much all these |
| 0:47.8 | questions will be answered so let's jump right into it so first and foremost creatine is one of the |
| 0:53.2 | most researched safe supplements out there. |
| 0:55.9 | This is a supplement that has been around. It has been validated. And there's a reason you're |
| 1:00.0 | probably curious to listen to this episode because you've heard about it. You've taken it. |
| 1:03.5 | You don't understand it. So that's why I really wanted to jump into it. I'm a big believer that |
| 1:08.3 | most supplements are BS, that if you're taking them there's a negative |
| 1:12.3 | that comes with the positive. Creatine is the exception to this. I'm not sponsored by any supplement |
| 1:17.3 | companies. I just truly believe by the science. It is a fantastic supplement. So I'm really excited to jump |
| 1:23.3 | into it. And I just want to say that it's been around. It's very cheap. It's amazing. It truly is a good |
| 1:28.5 | supplement. But I want to jump into it because in my opinion, there's a lot of noise. Cretine is |
| 1:34.0 | very misunderstood. People are confused by it. And like most things in the supplement industry, |
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