ABOUT CREATINE |
Creatine is one of the most popular bodybuilding supplements on the planet. Creatine is produced in the liver and kidneys. Our bodies will naturally produce around 2 grams of creatine per day. Creatine occurs naturally in the human body and is composed of 3 non-essential amino acids - arginine, glycine, and methionine. Up to 95 percent of this naturally occurring creatine travels to the muscles, heart, and other body cells via the blood stream and a large amount of creatine is stored in skeletal muscle.
Once consumed, creatine travels to the muscles via the blood stream. Once inside the muscle cells, the creatine is converted into creatine phosphate. Creatine phosphate is utilized by the body for very short term energy bursts during activities like strength training. How does it do this? Creatine phosphate aids in replenishing your reserves of ATP. Adenosine triphosphate - ATP is the molecular fuel that provides the power for muscular contractions.
When you perform an activity that requires short term burst of energy such as strength training and weight lifting, your body utilizes ATP. ATP is used as the primary fuel source for short term energy bursts that lasts for about 5 to 10 seconds (maximum muscular output). However, after this time period elapses, your stuck with little ATP reserves which means low fuel.
The more creatine phosphate you have in your muscles to be converted to ATP, the stronger your going to be.
This is the biggest benefit of creatine supplementation. By supplementing with creatine, you build up your stores of creatine phosphate in the muscle which prolongs the conversion of ATP. The result? You have more energy and power to blast up that weight. More power equals more muscle. That’s how it works to build muscle.
Creatine boosts the pace of energy production in your muscle cells. Creatine doesn’t build muscle directly. Creatine builds muscle by providing more energy to the muscle for additional muscle contractions. More energy means more power. More power means more reps. More reps means more muscle growth. |
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