mens fitness'ta creatine'in antrenman sonrası alımının antrenman öncesi alımına oranla daha faydalı olduğuna yönelik bir yazı. creatine'i bir kere alıcaksam antrenman öncesi alırım diye düşünürdüm.
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Creatine: when should you take it? | Men's Fitness UK
The success of creatine as a strength supplement can be directly attributed to its ability to boost the body’s production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the source of energy that ensures your muscles are able to contract effectively. Put simply, if you’re able to produce more of it your muscles can contract faster, stronger and for longer, and this means you can perform more reps in the gym or maintain your maximal sprint speed for longer. Until recently it wasn’t known clear if there was a best time to take creatine, but sports scientists in the US have found taking it at certain times can have a dramatic impact on both your strength gains and muscle mass.
To test this theory, researchers at the Nova Southeastern University in Florida tested 19 strength athletes who were training five days a week over a four-week period. They were divided into two groups: one group was given 5g of creatine before their workouts and the other group was given 5g of creatine after workouts. Both groups then completed the same periodised split routine, working out five days per week. The researchers analysed muscle growth, fat loss and one-rep bench press max and found that the group taking five grams of creatine post workout showed an increase in all three compared to those who took five grams of create pre workout.
One possible reason for this difference could be that the body is in a more absorbent state after a workout and so is better able to store the creatine in the muscles than it is before a workout. This is because the muscles are completely depleted of muscle glycogen, which means they are able to absorb all nutrients far more effectively. A second theory is that most strength athletes will have a high glycaemic index carbohydrate after a workout to help replenish muscle glycogen levels as quickly as possible, which also causes a spike in the hormone insulin. Insulin is a storage hormone, meaning it signals to the body to store protein, carbohydrates and other nutrients (such as creatine) in the muscles.
So these findings indicate that if you want to build lots of lovely new muscle, you’re better off getting creatine into your system after you’ve finished a big session rather than taking it beforehand.