But this eventually flattened out to match the control group, suggesting that the gains weren't due to muscle mass, but fluid retention; one of creatine's well known effects is causing your muscles to ...

As creatine levels increase, your muscles' cells draw more water. This fluid retention or water-weight gain occurs most often while taking a loading dose of creatine (an increased amount when you ...

one of creatine's well known effects is causing your muscles to draw in more water. "Then once they started exercising, they saw no additional benefit from creatine which suggests that five grams ...