What are the effects of creatine

Creatine is an organic acid contained in the human body. It has a great effect on the human body. What's more rare is that it has almost no side effects and will not cause harm to the human body. Therefore, creatine is allowed to be used in many sports competitions. It has many effects, especially for people who exercise regularly. Creatine is a very effective supplement. It can promote muscle growth and provide more energy for the human body. Men who want to build muscle can supplement with more creatine, which is more conducive to muscle growth and development.

1. Provide energy

Some people use creatine before training and feel that the training process is not as strenuous. This is because creatine can quickly provide energy (various activities of the human body rely on ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, to provide energy, and the storage amount of ATP in the human body is very small. During exercise, ATP is quickly consumed. At this time, creatine can quickly resynthesize ATP to supply energy).

The human body has very little storage of adenosine triphosphate, which needs to be synthesized continuously, but the body's synthesis rate is very slow, so it causes fatigue. Therefore, timely supplementation of creatine can effectively improve muscle strength, speed and endurance, improve physical fitness and training levels, and prevent fatigue.

Theoretically, creatine's effect in improving endurance is quite "magical", but in actual bodybuilding, due to the "instant" consumption of energy during heavy weight training, creatine's advantage is not obvious. However, creatine's advantage in improving endurance is only apparent in long-distance running. This is also the reason why many bodybuilding enthusiasts believe that creatine "is not as effective as nitrogen pump."

2. Promotes maintenance of nitrogen levels

Nitrogen level, this term, if you don’t practice bodybuilding, you may have hardly heard of it. But when you start reading some bodybuilding knowledge articles, you will find that when talking about muscle synthesis, the probability of nitrogen balance appearing is quite high. Simply put, nitrogen balance is divided into positive nitrogen balance and negative nitrogen balance. The environment for muscle synthesis requires positive nitrogen balance. The intake of creatine helps the body to be in a state of positive nitrogen balance.

There will definitely be a lot of people here screaming, oh, it turns out that this is the principle of many brands of nitro protein powder! Yes, it is. Currently, the protein powder that is recognized as having great effects is the high-performance Nitro-Protein Powder from MuscleTech, and this is the principle behind it. The reason why it is named "Nitrogen" is because this protein powder contains added creatine, which can help create an environment for the synthesis of nitrogen. However, a domestic brand of nitro-protein has the words "nitrogen factor" clearly written on the ingredient list to increase the mystery of the product. In fact, you don't need to test it to know that the so-called nitrogen factor here is definitely creatine, and it does not contain any high-tech ingredients.

3. Muscle Cell Expansion

Creatine expands the volume of muscle cells, which is what we usually call the water storage capacity of creatine. All creatine brands will remind users in the instructions to drink plenty of water while using creatine. There is actually some truth to this statement. Creatine can "lock" water in muscle cells, making the muscle cells "full". In actual combat, especially for beginners, after using creatine, they will feel that their muscles have become "bigger" in about a week. This enlargement actually contains "water". It is the result of muscle cells swelling after storing water.