SUPPLEMENTS | Creatine

SUPPLEMENTS | CREATINE

Nearly Free Gains

Continuing our series on supplements, this week we're talking about one of my favorites.  Creatine.  Lets establish what creatine is for starters. It's a natural compound made of up the amino acids L-arginine, glycine and methionine.  Your body makes creatine and stores it in cells. As we've talked about before, our body produces energy by breaking down ATP (adenosine triphosphate).  Creatine is an instrumental ingredient in the regeneration of ATP.

In short, creatine aids in ATP restoration so that our muscles can continue to do work.  The problem is that our bodies don't naturally store much creatine and when we run out, our muscles turn to glycogen or fatty acids for ATP restoration.

The good news is that by supplementing with only 5 grams of creatine daily, we can store 10-20% more creatine in our muscles.  That means you can do more work before reaching failure, which means better workouts and more gains! The even better news is that there are essentially no negative side effects to supplementing your bodies creatine levels.  

When you shop for creatine supplements, look for creatine monoydrate.   We buy ours from bulksupplements on Amazon.  It's dirt cheap, and it just works. 

Next week we're talking about Beta-Alanine.