No. You never NEED to “LOAD” or do a “loading phase” on creatine. BUT…the whole point of taking creatine is to INCREASE your body’s own stores of creatine (as phosphocreatine aka PC) so that when your body is demanding more PC, it’s there!
Old studies (over 20 years ago) showed that by doing a loading phase (15-20g per day for 7 days), those PC stores did increase faster than by not loading, but 20+ years later, we now know that by simply taking 3-5g per day, phosphocreatine levels in our bodies do increase. So long as you’re ingesting 3-5g per day (CREAKONG CX8 hits the sweet spot right at 4g), you won’t NEED to load. You can if you want to – if you do, do not exceed 15-20g per day and for no longer than 7 days.