Do you want to be stronger and more powerful? Would you like to get more muscle tone? Well, supplementing with R1 creatine helps to increase strength, meaning you can lift more in your session. Lifting more in your session, or being able to tolerate higher intensities of power training ultimately increases the work the muscle does; therefore you achieve more from the same duration of training! Creatine also helps you to recover faster and fights fatigue.
Find out how R1 creatine works below.
Creatine is one of the most researched, and probably the most effective sports supplement on the market these days. Even better, it’s one of the most economical to add to your supplement stack.
The body makes creatine from arginine and glycine. The creatine that our body already uses is all derived from extrogenous sources (meat and fish). To get more creatine in your diet, you’d have to eat more, which isn’t exactly possible if you have lean gains in mind or you are cutting. Supplementing is usually the best solution. That means that you aren’t shutting down any special processes in the body by increasing your intake of creatine from supplementation.
Creatine works on the primary energy source for the body: the ATP-PC (Adenosine Triphosphate Phosphocreatine) cycle. When creatine levels in the muscle are depleted, your energy is severely decreased.
Once the creatine is ingested, it is stored in the muscle to aide in the ATP energy cycle, and therefore is more readily available to assist with strength endurance, explosive training and power training. Researchers also found that there were faster reaction times in those taking creatine, and there have also been indications that memory and information processing can be significantly improved from creatine supplementation.
One of the biggest things to consider when selecting your supplement is not jut about whether the product is correct for your goals, but will your body digest and absorb the product well? Look no further than R1 Creatine which is micronized and therefore not only mixes into any liquid for easy drinking, it also is absorbed rapidly too. R1 creatine is 100% pharmaceutical grade creatine so you can trust it’s purity.
Some people insist that you need to cycle with creatine, but there is no research to support stopping creatine. Myths are certainly around that question the safety of taking creatine, however no studies have found a link to any adverse effect of taking creatine besides the retention of water which dissipates after approximately 2 weeks of sustained usage. To achieve the full effect of creatine, load with R1 Creatine for the first week so that the muscles can get fully “saturated”. This involves taking a split dose of 20g of creatine a day for the first week, and then afterwards daily taking 5g.
The timing of creatine in your day does not matter according to researchers, but if you would like to maximise absorption, pair the ingesting with some carbohydrate consumption (perhaps in your post workout shake with Rule one Protein and some oats and honey?)
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691485/pdf/14561278.pdf