CREATINE
Creatine is important in helping to achieve optimal benefits from athletic training
programs. Supplementation is essential in assuring meaningful levels suitable to achieving
target benefits. As part of a training program, creatine supplementation may be expected
to help with increased endurance, overall work potential, increased muscle speed, and
increased muscle definition. Exercise or work done by the muscles is essential in
achieving these effects.
Directions:
For muscle training, use one heaping teaspoonful four times a day during a five day
loading cycle and then one heaping teaspoonful daily after exercise during the maintenance
cycle for the long term.
The Creatine Monohydrate contained in this high quality
product is PURE CREATINE Monohydrate (99.9%) containing no fillers, bulking agents or
additives of any kind.
CREATINE
PROVIDES ENERGY IN MUSCLES
Creatine is a product which is naturally produced by the body in the liver and kidneys
from the amino acids glycine, arginine (two amino acids contained in large amounts in
AminoLyze) and methionine. In normal metabolic processes, creatine combines with
phosphoric acid to form creatine phosphate, also called phosphocreatine, which is then
stored in muscle tissue. It then acts as a quick-responding reservoir which allows rapid
energy release when needed. Initially, muscles release energy when stored ATP (adenosine
triphosphate) is broken down to ADP (adenosine diphosphate). This initial release of
energy is for short-term usage, providing on the order of 10 to 15 seconds of muscle
energy availability. Thereafter, the muscles replenish their supply of the quick
energy-releasing ATP by utilizing the stored phosphocreatine. The larger the reservoir of
stored phosphocreatine, the greater the capacity and efficiency of work performance
available from the muscle. In the absence of adequate phosphocreatine, ATP reserves become
depleted. Unfortunately, as phosphocreatine is destroyed by the gut, assurance of
appropriate levels of creatine is of concern, especially to athletes and body builders
seeking high levels of continuous performance. After utilization, creatine is broken down
by the kidneys and excreted in the urine as the similarly spelled "creatinine."
Continued muscle function in the absence of adequate ATP supply leads to fatigue, which
may be manifested as muscle soreness, reduced muscular strength, reduced endurance, and
increased difficulty in maintaining continuous muscle exertion without frequent rest
periods.
WHERE
DOES THE BODY GET CREATINE?
Skeletal muscle itself does not produce creatine, but utilizes the creatine originating in
the liver and kidneys. Rich dietary sources of creatine include red muscle meats (beef) as
well as fish. Creatine, however, is sensitive to heat and cooking, and the full amounts
available in these food sources may be reduced during normal preparation.
INCREASED
ENDURANCE
Athletes seeking to build their endurance levels frequently supplement with creatine. They
are motivated by several main goals: (1) increased endurance, (2) increased overall work
potential, (3) increased speed of muscular action, and (4) the potential to further
increase muscle mass. Associated benefits may include increased contractile power, reduced
muscle fatigue, accelerated muscle development, and increased muscle torque (twist)
capacity. Using weight lifting as an example, increased endurance comes with increased
energy stores, allowing longer work-out sessions. With Creatinepure, overall work
potential is also increased, allowing, for example, the use of equipment of increasing
weight. Increased speed of movement may follow. And the weight lifter may anticipate
increased overall lean body muscle mass, as well as more visually observable and
delineated musculature in those areas of focused training. The latter effect is heightened
by creatine's tendency to temporarily increase water retention in muscle tissue.
HOW TO
USE CreatinePure
Athletes and bodybuilders often refer to the creatine loading phase and the creatine
maintenance phase. Loading levels may depend on individual body weight and work-out plans.
It is usually recommended an average initial loading phase of one heaping teaspoonful (5
grams) of Creatinepure in grape juice or water, four times per day, for five days. Once
loading levels are achieved, excess creatine is excreted. The loading phase increases the
available creatine in skeletal muscle mass. Once the loading phase is completed,
changeover to the maintenance phase is appropriate. Life Plus recommends a maintenance
level of one heaping teaspoonful of Creatinepure once daily after exercise. Individuals
weighing over two hundred pounds may desire to take more.
Life Plus Creatinepure is all creatine–no fillers, bulking agents,
diluents–just the pure creatine supplement needed for maximum results.
