03/09/2026
For years creatine had one reputation, something bodybuilders took to bulk up.
Most women wouldn't touch it, and a lot of men only ever used it for one thing too, getting bigger in their twenties.
That's changing fast, and it's not just marketing.
Women now make up close to a third of everyone buying creatine, up from under a fifth just a few years ago.
It's not really about building bulk for them either. Research now points to brain function, mental fatigue and healthy aging.
The European Food Safety Authority has actually recognised it for reducing mental fatigue, especially when you're not sleeping well.
Studies on older adults have shown real improvements in memory too, not just in the twenty somethings you'd expect.
For men it's not just a young lifter's supplement either. Testosterone drops about 1 to 2 percent a year from your 30s onward, and the muscle and strength you can hold onto as that happens still comes down to what you do in the gym.
Creatine helps you keep training hard through that, plus you get the same cognitive benefits everyone else is only just finding out about.
So no, it's not going to turn anyone into a bodybuilder overnight. It might just be one of the most under-used things sitting in the supplement aisle, at any age.
Ask your coach about it.
