Creatine+Monohydrate+for+Speed-Darian+and+Aaron

= = = = = = =Where it originates = = Banned? =
 * French scientist first discovered it in 1832
 * Creatine comes from animal products like meat and fish.
 * Creatine is derived from the amino acids glycine, arginine, and methionine.
 * It’s synthesized mainly in the liver and kidneys (and to a lesser extent in the pancreas).
 * Skeletal muscle contains 95 percent of all creatine.
 * The heart, brain, and testes hold the remaining 5 percent (1).
 * Typically ingested through powdery substance or pill form.

=Availability =  35.2oz at GNC $31.99  35.2oz at Walmart $14.98  =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Physiology =
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Creatine is allowed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Although creatine is legal for athletes to use, the NCAA no longer allows colleges and universities to supply creatine to their student athletes with school funds. Student Athletes are allowed to buy creatine on their own for use. The NCAA at this point has no plans to ban creatine unless medical evidence indicates that it is harmful.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Creatine is available to be purchased through numerous sources. Though it can be purchased from a verity of vendors, like everything the quality is based on where the purchase was made. If you want the best quality you can go online to a bodybuilding website that may sell them or you can go to your local GNC. However, although these supplements will be the best quality they will be pretty pricy. Again it depends on what you get price range for these quality of products and range anywhere from $9.99 for a little jar to $99.99+ for a larger jar. For those on a budget it is sold at local Walgreens or even Walmart These supplements will most likely be cheaper just due to the fact that they will not be name brands. The price range for these can be from around $5.99 for a small jar to around $73.99 for a larger. So even though 80 dollars for a large jar might sound expensive, compared to the name brands its really not a bad purchase for athletes who are looking for it.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you perform aerobic activity (like jogging), the main source of energy your body will use is glycogen. Glycogen comes from carbohydrates and is primarily stored in your muscles. When you perform anaerobic activity (like sprinting, jumping, weightlifting, or playing sports), your body gets its fuel from ATP and phosphocreatine. So the more creatine you have available, the more fuel you have in the tank to sustain intense activities. Studies show that“supplementation can increase phosphocreatine (PCr) and creatine (Cr) stores by 10–40%” (2).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fights inflammation following muscle damaging exercise
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Improves brain performance
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Improves long- and short-term memory for vegetarians
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Speeds recovery in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Helps mitigate symptoms for those with neuromuscular disorders
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prevents DNA mutations in aging cells (8–16)



=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Is Creatine Monohydrate bad for the body of a speed athlete? = > > =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reference List: = >
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recently creatine supplementation has received great attention in both popular and scientific media. This attention is both good and bad. coaches and scientists are trying to figure out if consuming this supplement is not only bad your you but more particularly would it increase in serum enzymes activity as indirect markers of cellular damage. After conducting research on young male soccer athletes they have found that it in fact does not in crease enzymes activity and cause cellular damage. (Atashak, & Jafari, 2011) Having a study like this is good because it shows that it in fact in some part isn't bad for your body and although not being provided to athletes, consuming this supplement would be good for a short duration of time.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Research conducted with creatine use specifically in speed training, the researchers hypothesized that creatine would enhance sprinting performance. 18 subjects were used in the study and they had to sprint three 60m distances before and after the indigestion of a creatine supplement. The data that was conducted did not show any significant increase in speed with the addition of creatine supplement.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A study we looked at was one conducted about the short creatine monohydrate effects in fatigue during running and blood parameters. The subjects ran at 9 km/hr on a treadmill. Levels of creatine kinase, blood lactate and glucose were significantly higher in CRE compared to CON. This suggests that the ergogenic effect of creatine monohydrate following 5 days of supplementation have a positive impact on endurance exercise.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another study done this time on division 1 football players was done to find out if this supplement would not just help but also help the body of an athlete during resistance training on body composition and neuromuscular performance (Bemben, Bemben, Loftiss, & Knehans 2001). For this study twenty-five subjects were randomly assigned in a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled design, to a treatment, placebo, or control group. The treatment group received 5 g of creatine for the first 5 days, four times daily, followed by 5 g per day for the remainder of the study. Each 5-g dose was mixed with 500 mL of Gatorade. The second group received a placebo following the exact protocol as the treatment group. The control group received no supplementation. All subjects resistance trained 4 days a week (Bemben, Bemben, Loftiss, & Knehans 2001). After the study was finished the findings indicated that creatine, supplemented concurrently with resistance and anaerobic training, may positively affect cell hydration status and enhance performance variables further than augmentation seen with training alone(Bemben, Bemben, Loftiss, & Knehans 2001). Therefor with all this stated here is another conclusive study that shows that this supplement in fact is not bad for the body if consumed correctly with the correct amount of dosage.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Redondo, D. R., Dowling, E. A., Graham, B. L., Almada, A. L., & Williams, M. H. (1996). The effect of oral creatine monohydrate supplementation on running velocity. International journal of sport nutrition, 6, 213-221.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Abumohd, M., & Bataineh, A. (2014). Effect of creatine monohydrate on time to volitional fatigue during an incremental speed running and blood parameters. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 4(4), 542.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Atashak, S., & Jafari, A. (2011). Effect of short-term creatine monohydrate supplementation on indirect markers of cellular damage in young soccer players. Science & Sports, 27(2), 88.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ciccone, V., Cabrera, K. , & Antonio, J. (2013). The effects of pre versus post workout supplementation of creatine monohydrate on body composition and strength. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 10 Suppl 1, P1.