All Posts

Creatine has a reputation as a lifter's supplement, not an endurance one. Here's what the research actually shows about its role for cyclists, from repeated race efforts to glycogen loading, dosing, and the water weight and kidney questions.

What Glycogen Resynthesis Actually Requires Glycogen is your body's primary stored fuel, held in muscle and liver tissue and built from carbohydrate. During a hard or long ride, you draw that store down. The harder and longer the session, the more you burn. Once it's meaningfully depleted, the next session suffers: less power, earlier fatigue, and slower recovery until it's rebuilt. Rebuilding it is largely a function of how much carbohydrate you eat and over what timeframe,