The Effects of Creatine

By: Ben Northrop

Creatine is a naturally occurring compound found in muscle in large

amounts. It can also be taken in supplement form. What Creatine does is it

creates a high energy pathway for nutrients and water to store in the

muscles. This is key for strength training.

Creatine has gotten a bad name over the past decade because of how

many people that have had problems related with Creatine. That happens

because they misuse the supplement and destroy their liver. If you take

Creatine at 20 grams per day without rest, your body can’t process all of the

supplement. But if you take a more reasonable amount of about 5 grams per

day, there’s minimal side effects.

There is two was to take Creatine, Rapid loading, or Slow Loading. If you

need to gain muscle quickly, you overdose for two months then take time off.

This will increase your muscle mass quickly, but you’ll also lose muscle mass

quick. By Slow loading, you won’t gain muscle at a rapid rate, but you’ll still be

adding protein into your muscles so they will stay strong.

Overall Creatine only helps you out if you participate in high energy

workouts. Even in such a workout, it has been proven that it doesn’t affect

30% of people and is less affective in woman. If Creatine works for you

though, Slow load and see the effective results.