Creatine supplementation is one of the most debated, yet well-researched topics in sports and performance nutrition research. In fact, there are upwards of 500 peer-reviewed articles on the subject1. Despite well-cited benefits to its usage, creatine monohydrate gets a bad rap for allegedly causing a negative shift in body composition, kidney damage, and more. …
Creatine supplementation promotes a faster regeneration of your body’s energy for muscle contractions by replenishing your body’s natural adenosine triphosphate (ATP) [1]. Creatine is safe in both the short and long term as well as an ethical means of improving athlete performance during training and competition [2]. Gym2k.com Signature Creatine Monohyrdate is a no …
Creatine is one the most researched supplements in the industry today, but is marketed heavily for men and its muscle building properties. However, creatine has a plethora of other potential benefits outside of muscle building and these benefits are important for everyone, especially women. Let’s take a look at what the research says! Why …
Best Proteins | Best Mass Gainers | Best Pre-Workouts | Best Creatine | Best Fat Burners | Best Multivitamins | Best Test Boosters | Best Weight-Loss Creatine has become a must for lifters and a wide range of other athletes to improve muscle gains, performance, and recovery. It’s one of the most researched supplements out there …
Sometimes your supplement stack can seem overwhelming. So many ingredients to balance with the foods you’re eating and the exercise you’re doing every day. Inevitably, you find yourself taking multiple supplements at the same time, but how do you know if that harms their effectiveness? Two products that elicit lots of questions are protein …
You may think that the majority of research into creatine would be about if it works. But at this point, that’s pretty clear: It does! For the majority of people, creatine supplements help add muscle mass and strength, improve their training, and help them recover better between training sessions. Next question! …
You may think that the majority of research into creatine would be into if it works at all, and if so, how. But there’s also been extensive research into how you should—or shouldn’t—take it to maximize its effectiveness. One thing is clear: If you want it to work, you need to take it pretty …
Creatine is one of the most-studied sports supplements, with over 2,000 studies to date. And that research is largely consistent in showing that creatine does provide some benefit to most people who take it. And yet it isn’t exactly clear about how, exactly, creatine monohydrate achieves these benefits, as Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CSCS, explains …
As Layne Norton, Ph.D., explains in the article “Creatine: What It Is and How It Works,” “Creatine itself is a fuel source.” More specifically, the phosphate-bonded form of creatine is “your body’s first choice of energy when performing anaerobic activity, such as lifting weights.” When your body is trying to create the compound that …
Let's take a trip back in time. How far? Back before the gym was cluttered with dudes with camera crews, and stick figure lifters who strain harder for a selfie than they do during a set of squats.Back then, before the … [Read More...]