Creatine Useless For Older Men?

Numerous studies have shown that creatine supplementation enhances the strength and muscle mass gains that result from strength training. However, most of these studies have involved young men. Researchers from the University of Oklahoma recently sought to determine whether middle-aged and older men engaged in strength training also benefit from creatine supplementation. Forty-two men between the ages of 48 and 72 years completed 14 weeks of resistance training while receiving either placebo, creatine, creatine and protein, or protein daily. The members of all four groups experienced similar gains in strength and muscle mass during the intervention. The authors of the study, which was published in the Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, thus concluded that creatine and protein supplementation conferred no addition benefits on middle-aged and older men engaging in strength training.