JJ Virgin explains how creatine works as phosphocreatine, your muscles' energy source during intense exercise. A 2017 review in Current Protein and Peptide Science found that creatine supplementation boosts muscle energy regeneration during strength training, leading to better performance and more muscle growth over time.
Creatine basically is part of phosphocreatine, which is what we use when those short intense bursts of exercise. There was a 2017 literature review that was published in Current Protein and Peptide Science that showed that taking creatine supplements can help you build more muscle and get stronger because creatine increases the creatine and phosphocreatine in your muscles, which then helps regenerate energy during those intense workouts, which means that you can perform better during strength training, which leads to more muscle growth and strength over time.
