i heard that a sprinter taking creatine will become faster, if this is the case then my whole entire 4×1 team is about to start taking it. what are the side effects if any with creatine and how should we take it, thanks
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im taking creatine, i suggest that u research in a little for ur self, i find it does work quite well, although ive bennonly taking it a week. I dont really no of ne seroius side effects, the only side effects are dehydration if u dont drink enoughy water and u would prolly have to drink none for it to become a problem, antother side effect is the runs but i havent had ne troule with that weither , it only happens if u take to much
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also on trackshark i read that something called No2 works wonders, anyone try it?
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i dunno about creatine making u any FASTER but it allows me to recover better in the weight room and add volume in the off season….i stop taking it in during the season because i fear of cramps…
NO2 from what ive read elsewhere is only good for bodybuilders not ppl like us..its adds fluid to the muscles causing expanding and stiffining great for the beach but not the track…
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n02 isn’t that great for runners as like the previous person stated.. its meant for body builders. creatine is good. i have been taking it for about 2 months and now after a race , instead of being hunched over off to the side gasping for air… i can go around and tell everybody that they put up a good challenge 😛 jk just the good handshakes. and i have not had any effects from the creatine. i never got the runs and i do get sore often but i think thats mainly because i dont stretch that much. i changed that about a week ago. its just so hard.. i just want to go home after the workouts!
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Don’t drink too much alchole when you take it
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From my understanding of creatine, it won’t “make” you faster. It will allow you to recover faster between workout sets, thus allowing you to push yourself harder during practice and over time you would start to see the advantage over not using it.
I think its soemthing like this. Your body uses ATP (Adenosine tri-phosphate) for energy which turns it into ADP (di phosphate). Your body takes the phosphate from creatine and uses it to convert the ADP back into ATP.
Somebody correct me if I am wrong on that.
Creatine, however, also causes you to carry extra water and when using it, I’ve found you are more likely to experience cramping due to the increased water needs of your body.
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KeymasterCreatine will help you train harder and studies have indicated that with training it will improve gains in both speed and strength. Despite being studied more than any other sport supplement, there are no studies indicating any long term problems with creatine. Short term side effects include water retention, stomach cramping, diahrea, and weight gain. Some people experience cramping but the person’s own insufficient hydration habits are more to blame than the creatine.
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[i]Originally posted by flight05[/i]
how can they not determine the long term effect of creatine when its been out since the late 80’s?Creatine has actually been around much longer than that and I didn’t say they can’t determine the long term effect, I said there are no known long term affects despite plenty of efforts to find them.
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will the weight gain affect my speed mike? and do you think its a good idea for a highschool sophmore sprinter to take it?
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Do a search. All of your questions have been answered quite extensively before.
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As mike stated creatine has been around for along time. I believe eastern bloc countries were using and researching it in the 60's. Also, like glutamine much of the research was originally conducted with people who had muscle wasting diseases such as HIV. From what i have read the talk about liver and kidney problems originated with the subjects mentioned above, but due to the fact that those subjects were on many other toxic medications and had compromised liver and kidney function, there was no way to isolate creatine as the variable responsible for kidney and liver damage.
Creatine research does date back about 15 years now. The methods and findings of the original studies have been replicated and extended many times. A consistant theme throughout this body of research is that there is not any emperically derived data that suggests that kidney and liver function will be compromised as a result of taking creatine. As with any supplement there are individuals who respond differently and some people do experience gastrointestinal distress.
One thing you may want to look at is the many other substances we put in our bodies that have been scientifically demonstrated to be harmful. Diet soda for example has many ingredients in common with Windex and there is a body of research that suggests that the artificial sweeteners in many products is causing cancer in mice. Of couse contiguity across species tends to be a hotly debated subject but humans have more DNA in common with mice than any other species. Coca Cola doesn't want us to know this!
Stay away from NO2. It is all marketing and there is little evidence to support its use. You are supposed to get a pump out of it and they all state that if it is combined with creatine it will increase the increase the body's ability to flood the muscles with creatine.
If concerned aboout gastrointestinal distress try one of of the esterfied or ph balanced creatines. They are more expensive but you don't have to take as much and these products decrease gut degredation which prevents the stomach lining from obsorbing the creatine and also prevents conversion to creatinine which is actually toxic. If you use creatine monohydrate make sure the manufacturer uses Creapure. One last thing. You DO NOT have to go through the loading phase. You can take the standard 5-10 millagrams a day right from the start. It just takes a little longer to to build levels of creatine up. Again, if you load you use more creatine at a quicker rate, so you run out faster and by more sooner. More marketing!
Oh, yes one more thing. When looking at supplements learn to evaluate research. All of the supplement companies are siting reaseach now. It is important to understand how to evaluate results, methods and conclusions drawn from results. Any company that makes claims of effectiveness based on one study is irresponsible. A true hallmark of science is the process of replication. If the results of a study are not replicated using similar methods, then the data must be questioned. Failure to replicate is death in scientific resaerch . Most companies hurry a product out before there product has endured rigourous scientific study. Case in point: the recent findings that vitamin C and echenacia don't do any thing to prevent or cure a cold. Another important thing to evaluate is who funded and conducted the research being cited. Often it is the supplement companies them selves and not an independent lab. Supplement companies also have no regulatory or oversight agency to set standards for there research or to evaluate the quality of the research. Lastly, and most importantly, evaluate whether a study demonstrated experimental control. That is did the experimental design isolate the the independent variable of interest (insert supplement) as the variable that was responsible for change in the subjects while keeping all other interfering or extraneous variables constant. Basicly did the study effectively demonstrate the the supplement being evaluate was the only thing that could have effected change in the subjects. If you read supplement research you will see that supplement companies do a lousy job of this . Just my 2 cents
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[quote author="Cobras100mgld" date="1113341446"]
will the weight gain affect my speed mike? and do you think its a good idea for a highschool sophmore sprinter to take it?You won't gain enough weight to really slow you down at all. 2-3pounds maybe
[/quote]I've actually heard many people complain that the weight gain does slow them down. It's completely anecdotal though and may be specific to the individual athlete.ELITETRACK Founder
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Yes. I fall into that category too. I was referring to people who did gain weight though. If people gain water weight it may effect there sprint performance.
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