Creatine - Cutting through the Myths

Can CREATINE safely boost performance, reduce fatigue and speed recovery?

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"Well written and informative" Alfredo Franco-Obregon PhD, Proffessor, Switzerland

Creatine is a performance-enhancing supplement used by famous athletes to boost short-term performance. Recent research has discovered that it aids endurance athletes too, even helping produce a final kick at the end of the race.

Some important questions, however, have been raised about Creatine and its effect on the body. A timely new book, Creatine – Cutting Through the Myths reviews the scientific research as well as the evidence of practical athletes to establish what Creatine actually does and doesn’t do.

Creatine – Cutting Through the Myths is written by experts and includes the findings of one of the world’s leading authorities.

Creatine – three ways to boost performance

Tests carried out at the Karolinska Institute in Denmark in the 1970s and 1980s found that increasing the amount of Creatine - or methyl guanidine-acetic acid - stored in the muscles improves muscle function and energetics. High levels of Creatine phosphate are thought to boost performance in three ways:

1. Providing an instant source of energy

2. Mopping up some of the fatigue-causing acid that builds up during high-intensity exercise

3. Directly stimulating muscle proteins to contract

Why does Creatine work when so many other sports supplements don’t?

The history of sport is littered with supplements that promise the earth yet deliver nothing more than a placebo affect. But Creatine is different.

Numerous double blind scientific studies have shown that supplementing Creatine produces a significant increase in maximal or high-intensity exercise performance in events such as running, swimming and cycling. Not only does oral Creatine boost maximal performance, but the greater the increase in Creatine uptake, the greater the performance increases.

Creatine not only helps sustain a high-intensity burst for longer, it speeds recovery enabling you to repeat those bursts sooner.

Endurance athletes

There is no doubt that Creatine is of great benefit to power and strength athletes such as sprinters and throwers. This has been confirmed beyond doubt by numerous scientific studies.

But recent research has found that endurance athletes can also benefit from Creatine supplementation by:

• Improving the quality of interval training

• Increasing strength

• Staving off injury

Review copies now available

A limited number of review copies of Creatine – Cutting Through the Myths are now available at a special price of $39.99 (approx £19.99), a 33% discount on the official price of $59.99. (A5 size, spiral bound; 13 chapters, 89 pages). Read on to order your copy now.

The book explains who should try Creatine, how much to take and how to gain the maximum performance boost. It examines recent scare stories concerning weight gain, muscle cramping or liver and kidney problems.

Your questions answered

All of these topics, with almost every other relevant question have been investigated and analysed in the light of the most relevant scientific studies. Topics include:

• What dosage should you take to start?

• How much a day is needed to maintain muscle saturation?

• Should I take Creatine monohydrate or one of the newer versions such as Creatine phosphate, Creatine citrate or Creatine syrum?

• What seven checks for purity should be undertaken?

• What are the best sources of Creatine in the diet?

• Why do some people soak up Creatine far more easily than others do?

• What are the strategies for maximising the efficiency of Creatine uptake?

• What is the effect of combining Creatine with a carbohydrate diet?

• When should you stop taking Creatine?

• Does caffeine help with the uptake of Creatine or counteract its effects?

• Is the overall composition of the diet relevant?

• How much Creatine can be taken before the excess gets shunted to the kidneys?

Other performance boosters every athlete needs to know about

HMB (beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate), sometimes referred to as metabolite of leucine was first widely heard of during the 1996 Olympic Games when American swimmers were quoted as saying that they had used HMB during training to enhance performance.

HMB is thought to increase muscle mass by preventing protein breakdown caused by resistance training and enhancing the repair process.

Current research on HMB examines how it increases muscle mass, by how much and over what period it should be taken:

• How much muscle you can expect to gain

• How you should train while taking HMB

• How much you should take

• Safety

• How much HMB costs

• The effectiveness of HMB on reducing body fat

• The effect on women and older athletes

The final chapter looks at two other performance boosters - caffeine and bicarbonate of soda - and explains how they work.

Order your copy today – only from us

Creatine – Cutting Through the Myths is available only from the publishers, Peak Performance. It isn’t sold through bookshops, Amazon, gyms or health clubs. Printed on heavy high-quality paper in handy A5 format (approximate size 8 inches by 6 inches), it’s just the right size for slipping into a sports bag or briefcase or as a present for a friend. Priced at just $39.99 (approx £19.99) - 33% less than the normal price - you can order it instantly by filling in the form below: