They're one of the many people taking creatine because of what the supplement industry promised them - yet have no clue on what it does, why it does it, how it does it and when and how to take it.

Your body won't metabolise enough of it to be worth talking about whilst training and not a lot before hand, you are supposed to take it simply as part of your diet to increase your bodies natural threshold of ATP CP.

Which will be more efficient if taken after you train. your body will use some if you eat it an hour or two before hand, but that is not the primary reason for creatine supplementation, it's not some magic pill. it's just a convenient source of something you probably already get enough of if you eat red meat...