I bet y'all have heard a lot about creatine and its effect, side effect and all that jazz. Here's the deal, we're gonna breakdown the facts of creatine to its bare essentials. We're also putting links which we think have good explanations regarding this creatine topics.
Creatine is THE most studied supplement and it being the most studied it has a lot of information out there, so much so that you might get confused
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Fact:
1. Creatine reduces fatigue by transporting extra energy into your cells. Energy in the body are ATP(Adenosine triphosphate) and for muscle contraction it breaks off phosphate molecule; thus ATP=>ADP (Adenosine diphosphate). Creatine lends a phosphate molecule to the ADP thus forming ATP. In simpler terms, it is energy recycling.
2. Creatine pulls water molecule into muscles: thus making muscles look fuller and bigger.
3. Taking creatine may cause a slight dehydration. Drink more water if you're on creatine.
4. Creatine does give you additional energy but you won't feel it right away nor would be like a surge of energy through your body.
5. Creatine may take up to 4 hours to breakdown and for it to work. You might not even feel it work
6. It takes 2 weeks to get your muscles saturated. (Dosage of 5grams/1 teaspoon per day)
Health precautions.
Please consult your doctor or get yourself checked out before using creatine. If you don't have any kidney, liver or any health problems for that matter creatine is safe to use. Just dont exceed the recommended dosage perday. Read the instructions on the tub.
Here's our take on creatine. we are on creatine for about 7 months and we do feel that it is benefiting us in our training. We just take it with our protein powder in the morning. We'll do a review on our current creatine supplement. We do feel that we have more energy and power in our lifts. Our deadlift and power clean weights has increased at a higher rate compared to when we were training without creatine. I don't know whether the creatine gave us a mental edge or really gave us the physical edge. I can conclude that creatine does not give you a surge of energy like sugar does but it is more on the energy or power within the muscle and you can feel that you have more strength.
Here are some links that we think are interesting and a good read on Creatine.
http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/creatine-side-effects-what-it-what-it-does?cm_mmc=Fox_Health-_-Creatine--Myths%20and%20Facts-_-Article-_-Creatine--Side%20Effects
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Thanks for reading and see you next time with a supplement review on creatine!
Sincerely,
Dom
#strength4good
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