great question. Can I take creatine and skip the workout hassle?
Going from minimal exercise to light-moderate exercise will do as much for you as creatine would. To me it's almost a no-brainer to try doing both.
For me, just creatine doesn’t seem to do a whole lot. But heavy workouts (with or without creatine), energize me enormously.
You can do the workout and skip creatine and its marginal benefits pushed by gym bros and health influencers beyond reason.
If your body requires more creatine than your diet currently provides, then supplementing with creatine would help, even without exercising.
from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42578920/ (CrM is creatine monohydrate)