The BJ Gaddour Podcast | Men's Health Fitness Workout Nutrition Lifestyle Business · BJ Gaddour

CREATINE is Having a Moment

November 26, 2024·43 min·2 clips

He says creatine may help the brain because gray matter uses ATP and the brain uses 20 percent of daily energy.

Holiday logistics come first. BJ opens with Thanksgiving warmth, the cheap outdoor hot tub, and a quick setup that sounds like he squeezed the episode in before getting back in. Then creatine takes the wheel. He treats it as a gym staple that has wandered back into mainstream attention, helped by a Men's Health feature and a lot more talk about what it may do beyond muscle. The nostalgia is personal. BJ remembers when creatine mostly felt like a bodybuilder and powerlifter thing, the kind of powder people used when they wanted an edge. He is not buying the old scare stories either. Liver damage, kidney fears, dehydration, muscle blowups, injury chatter: he runs through the list and says those were not his experience. Still, he gives the doctor caveat, which matters. This is excited coach talk, not a medical green light for every listener. His current case is simple: after a month back on it, he feels strong as a bull and sees fuller muscles. That keeps the episode grounded. The brain angle is what perks him up next. He talks through ATP, gray matter, and the idea that creatine may help outside the weight room too. The examples get nicely messy: video editing, programming, long-focus work, coffee, and how much he gets done by noon. He does not make it mandatory. If strength or power is not the goal, he says Athletic Greens or protein may deserve the money first. Then the show circles back to VIP membership, holiday wishes, and a supplement discount.

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