The Basic principles of Creatine as an Ergogenic Acid

Creatine leads to an increase in muscle content of creatine and creatine phosphate. Creatine loading has been shown to enhance performance during reported bouts of high intensity exercise. It can be used for track sprinting events, swimming, football, soccer, tennis, hockey, basketball, weightlifting, and so on. The long-term use of creatine in combination with exercise appears to enhance muscular strength and increase muscle mass. It also has been shown to delay fatigue as it has the potential to reduce lactate production. The incorporation of our buffing system helps to maintain intramuscular pH, which is also very important in delaying fatigue. The increase in body weight that is noticed by people using creatine is not advantageous to all athletes. (I.e. Marathon runners). It is still not clear without this weight gain is due to water retention or whether it is from an increase in lean muscle mass. It would make sense that it is lean muscle mass because if you are delaying time to fatigue and have more strength you can train harder and increase muscle mass.

Creatine-Phosphocreatine Cycle

Creatine phosphate + ADP + H <- -> Creatine + ATP

(This reaction is Mg and Na dependent, which is why MyoSport contains Mg and Na.)

When the cells utilize ATP for energy, creatine phosphate is called forth to synthesize new ATP. This effect keeps levels of ATP at an almost constant high level, providing there is creatine phosphate. One can see the importance of keeping the concentration of ATP nearly constant, because the rates of almost all the reactions in the body depend on this consistency.

The importance of maintaining consistent ATP levels: