I want to make clear creatine is not something that makes exercise more rewarding in terms of muscle built from a given workout. Testosterone like I’m experiencing does that, as do the anabolic steroids that emulate it.

Creatine’s use in a strength-building context is in allowing you to do more exercise – that weight you struggle to lift, or number of reps you poop out short of, you can get with supplementary creatine helping deliver more energy to your muscles than the body’s aerobic energy production and anaerobic generation from naturally produced creatine alone.

And more exercise builds muscle faster than less.

My current creatine use is not for muscle-building purposes and my current muscle-building frenzy is not caused by it, they each relate to different Long Covid symptoms that I got in the luckiest possible combination.

That said, creatine can absolutely be a productive part of a muscle-building exercise program – that’s why I had some sitting around to begin with – and there is tons of bro science out there on the internet that can explain how.