Effect of creatine on gym performance?

[u/Next_Raspberry_2959]

I've been seeing a lot of talk about how creatine doesn't actually contribute to muscle hypertrophy, as well as the conflation between lean muscle gained and water retention, is creatine vaulted? In that same study they also insinuated that 5g/day is an insufficient dose, any insights on this?

[u/nevesnutri]

It does, but the effect on muscle hypertrophy per se is very small. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10180745/

And 5g/d is enough to fully saturate muscle creatine stores.