People mistakenly believe that creatine is something only bodybuilders use. In fact, creatine is something used by any athlete looking to enhance their performance. It’s a natural substance our own bodies produce, it’s legal, and it’s perfectly safe if the recommended dosages aren’t ridiculously overshot.
What creatine does is enable the body to transfer energy into the muscles much more efficiently. If you consider your regular capabilities, what you can normally do with a maximal effort before your muscles are completely fatigued, creatine will give you the ability to work beyond that level.
And, the benefits of being able to push your muscles even further than you normally can in training will fast track you to most lasting gains.
I would be very surprised if any of the worlds top athletes today do not use creatine.
Aside from actual performance enhancement, creatine has another function in that it helps to repair the muscles much more quickly by, once again, increasing the supply of energy.
Through hard training, muscle fibres become depleted of energy and the fibres themselves worn with small micro tears. By using creatine you can supply your muscles much more quickly with the nutrients to repair this damage in less time than it would normally take.
That means, then, the benefits of creatine are enhanced recovery time, allowing you to train more frequently and get quicker gains, as well more energy for your training/performance, allowing for more intensity.