[Lord Lucan]

Hello everyone, first post..

I've seen a bunch of people on climbing forums praise creatine for everything to recovery time to strength gain.

I've not used the stuff myself but to my knowledge doesn't it work by retaining extra water in the muscles?  I have a friend who is a bit of a gym rat who told me that he put on nearly half a stone when using the stuff    ... Surely this is counterproductive for climbing ?  Or are the strength gains really that big? 

[Paul B]

I'd hit the search function, its all been done over and over.

Basically you don't load anymore with Creatine, most weight gain is water retention and not that high anymore either.