There are a lot of things that you need to keep in mind when using supplements, particularly

if you're using it to improve strength or exercise, because in that situation, you're trying

to improve performance, so you want to make sure that whatever you're using is healthy

and worth it because it's not essential to life.

And the other thing that is really important to keep in mind is just like drugs or food,

individuals act very different.

So a generalization about a supplement doesn't hold up for all individuals,

and that is certainly true with creatine.

I know some people who feel really helps them a lot

and other people that didn't feel like it helped them at all so they stopped using it. And we all know

people that can eat anything they want and not gain a pound and other people that practically

just smell a donut and gain two pounds. Likewise, when and how you use a supplement impacts on how

effective it is. So supplements can be useful but are not nearly as important as engaging in

exercise and proper diet. And a perfect example of this is something like pre-workouts that have

many ingredients, but particularly

caffeine.

So caffeine, yes, it can boost your intensity, but we all know days where that doesn't happen,

whether you're a coffee drinker and using it for just waking up in the morning or before

a workout. It doesn't always work for you, right?

So for a lot of us, when we are really tired such as a morning where we did not get a good night

sleep or an afternoon where we were drinking a cup of coffee to get a boost that we hope happens,

there's plenty of times where the caffeine, the only thing that really does

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