More creatine stored in muscles means you can keep the...
Not exact matches
Posing as a 15 - year - old athlete wanting to bulk up during strength training, a researcher asked
more than 200 health food
stores whether he should take a sports performance supplement containing
creatine.
Despite recommendations against using
creatine under age 18 by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Sports Medicine,
more than two - thirds of the
stores» sales attendants told him to give it a try.
With
stored Creatine, the body is able to produce the workout energy source known as ATP during high intensity workout which means that the body has
more power made available to to lift
more and do
more.
Supplementing with
creatine allows the muscles to
store more of this high - energy molecule to provide greater gains in strength and muscle.
Your body
stores way
more glucose than it does ATP, so supplementing with
creatine has been proven effective to help you get stronger and lift
more weight in the gym because it gives allows your body to produce
more ATP.
Low reps, explosive movement weight training that uses anaerobic
creatine energy system leads to an increased muscle ability to
store creatine and regenerates it faster after it's been depleted (
more creatine — an extra repetition with heavy weight); high reps, slower movement weight training that uses anaerobic lactic acid energy system increases muscle tolerance to lactic acid (
more muscle endurance, required in extreme situations when there's a need to perform at a high intensity and sustain it for as long as possible — fighting for dear life is a good example).
It is often claimed that
creatine citrate is
more absorbable and therefore
more effective at increasing muscle
creatine stores.