Xendurance Creatine-JB Review

Who this creatine is for

Creatine-JB is the Xendurance creatine, and it's a good one for the guy who's finally getting started. It's flavored, it tastes good, and it's easy to take every day, which is the whole game with creatine.

If you want plain unflavored creatine, this isn't that. And if you're only going to take it now and then, save your money.

This is the creatine I take. At least two scoops every day.

What it is

It's Creapure creatine monohydrate. Xendurance says it's 99.98 percent pure, which they call the purest form of creatine available.

Xendurance also says it has a delivery mechanism attached to it that helps get the creatine to your muscles. The point of that is you can take it completely by itself.

How it tastes

It's a lemon citrus flavor. It tastes good enough that you could drink it by itself, and it's light enough that you can mix it in with any of the other Xendurance products.

It's also good enough that you could take it like a shot, just like you would a Pixy Stick. Yeah, I really do that.

Why I tell guys to start with creatine

I've been helping people with supplements for over a decade, and I've been taking creatine for just as long, if not longer. It's one of the most widely researched supplements out there.

I get asked all the time about the one supplement guys in their 40s should be on. A lot of guys think they need to jump straight to the advanced stuff. Start with creatine first. It's cheap, and you want that foundation in place before you spend money on anything else.

The simple version of how it works is that creatine helps restore the energy in your cells. That's why people use it for recovery and strength.

How I take it

Start with 3 to 5 grams a day. You can do a loading phase if you want, but you don't have to. All that does is get your muscles saturated faster.

Take it every single day, not just on the days you work out. Your muscles are like a sponge, and once that saturation starts to fade, the sponge doesn't work as well. Post-workout seems to be a little better than pre-workout, but timing isn't as important as consistency.

I take mine every night before I go to bed. If you're going to spend the money on a supplement, you might as well take it the right way.

Keep it away from caffeine

This is my one recommendation that surprises people. I try to space creatine two and a half to three hours from any caffeine. Caffeine is a diuretic, and it could get in the way of absorbing the creatine.

That's the real reason mine goes down at night. It also means I wouldn't dump it in with a caffeinated pre-workout.

What these videos are and aren't

I've only made one video about Creatine-JB itself. It's a short product overview from 2022, when I was a Xendurance team leader. It covers what it is and what it tastes like. It's not a long-term test.

My two newer videos, from 2024, are about creatine in general. Everything in them applies here, but I don't talk about this product in either one.

Who should buy it

Buy it if you want a creatine that tastes good enough to drink on its own, especially if you're already mixing other Xendurance drinks. Buy it if a flavor you like is what gets you to take it every day.

Skip it if you want unflavored, or if you know you won't be consistent. Xendurance has a 60-day money back guarantee if you try it and it's not for you.