Approximately 40 % of the body's creatine stores are free creatine (Cr), while the remaining 60 % is stored in
form of creatine phosphate (CP).
Creatine is also present there in
the form of creatine phosphate.
Not exact matches
Strength athletes also use up
creatine phosphate, which is the
form of creatine that will help you create ATP to be used in the muscle.
As you already learned earlier in this book,
creatine's main action in the body is to store high - energy
phosphate groups in the
form of phosphocreatine.
Here's a quick rundown:
creatine stores
phosphates in your body in the
form of phosphocreatine, which aids in cellular function.
In order for this required ATP energy to continue the
Creatine phosphate is able to give up one
of its
phosphate molecules to
form ADP (adenosine - diphosphate).
These are stored in the body in the
form of the substances adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and
creatine phosphate.