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Balance 100% Micronised Creatine
Creatine is a naturally occurring compound within the body and is synthesised from 3 amino acids. The muscle cells are a major store of creatine in both its basic and phosphorylated form. Comprehensive research has illustrated that increasing dietary intake of creatine can serve to boost creatine stores within the muscle cell. By loading muscular creatine stores in this way, immediate, high-intensity anaerobic work can be supported for a fraction longer. While a few seconds may not seem significant, it may be the difference between succumbing to, or out-running your opposition. While we typically receive 2-3g of creatine through our daily diet, an additional 5g of supplemental creatine daily is the recommended dosage for progressive creatine loading over the period of 28 days.
Balance Micronised Creatine provides superior grade creatine to assist your performance and help maximise high-intensity work output. Packed in New Zealand, Balance's pharmaceutical grade creatine uses smaller micronised particles. The greater surface area they provide means better mixing, absorption and results.
It is important when using creatine to follow the recommended guidelines. Creatine is unlike other compounds in that excess levels are not regularly flushed from the body. With this in mind it is important to cycle creatine supplementation. Progressive loading can be undertaken as detailed above or a rapid loading phase can be achieved on a daily dosage of 20g for 5 days. Following the loading phase, a 28 day maintenance phase of 2-3g of creatine daily serves to hold maximal levels of muscular creatine. It is then wise to stop supplementation for a period of 4-6 weeks to allow creatine levels to fall back to base values. This avoids the accumulation of creatine metabolites produced during the breakdown process.
As with all dietary changes, it is crucial that you experiment to find your best results. When creatine is held within the muscle it also causes water to be retained and can result in weight gain up to 1kg following the onset of supplementation. It is important therefore to weigh up both the benefits of creatine and the impact that carrying a little more weight will have on your performance.
Featured in NZ Rugby World July 2005
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