Creatine timing around exercise is not strictly necessary for training volume, explosive power, and strength benefits, but consistency is key.

“there's there's a seven-fold difference in regards to how much creatine phosphate gets stored if you take creatine around the time of exercise versus not it's a seven-fold difference”

“if you're if you're taking creatine there's been two studies that have compared post-exercise versus pre-exercise supplementation and post beats pre because of interesting yeah”

“based on some good data combining the precursor to the formation of creatine with creatine which dramatically increases the storage of creatine phosphate compared to just creatine alone like around Eightfold difference”

“so if you want to get a seven fold increase on the benefits of creatine don't take it while fasting or before bedtime you take it around the time of exercise particularly post exercise”

“what's so cool what's so interesting is that there's there's a seven-fold difference in regards to how much creatine phosphate gets stored if you take creatine around the time of exercise versus not it's a seven-fold difference”

“but close to exercise appears to increase its uptake into muscle.”

“the timing of the creatine around exercise it was to improve the uptake of creatine into muscle and that can be done before or after like close proximity to the exercise”

“I'm a big advantageous proponent of taking close proximity to exercise and that's when in an hour pre and post”

“but if you're looking for the benefit in terms of improving or increasing your training volume and you know that explosive power the strength um that it doesn't necessarily have to be timed around the exercise right just take it like if you don't want to take it all at once take it in small dosages I think consistency”