Explements In Sports

The supplement creatine is used for faster recovery for muscles after short periods of exercise. The theory is an athlete on creatine can exhibit more explosive bursts of energy allowing for longer weight workouts, more sprints, etc. Increased muscle mass and bulk are two of the ideas behind creatine, but they only occur as long as people work out while taking the substance. It doesn’t create

Creatine has many drug like uses and people who are oblivious to creatine would think it is a steroid unless told differently. Creatine can be used as a way of cheating and can be abused to a very dangerous level therefore making it a risk for the athlete. Although creatine is a natural substance, supplementing creatine can boost your creatine level by over 500 times. Creatine can be found in red meat but to get 5 grams of creatine which is the recommended dosage you would have to eat 5kg of raw red

Creatine Monohydrate has been proven to significantly enhance athletic performance in the areas of power, strength, and muscle mass. Most importantly though, it doesn't seem to have any serious side effects. Also, since Creatine is found naturally in the body and in foods, it is likely that it will not be removed from sports.      

Sports are a popular pastime among all ages and types of people. People not only participate in them for fun, but also for money, physical fitness, rush of competition, and for many other personal reasons. Playing sports is especially common among young people in schools. Athletics are great and enjoyable for many reasons, but there can be a point where sports participation can go too far and become negative for children and adults. Sports specialization for young people is an increasing trend that results in sports having a negative impact on individuals and society.

The transformation of creatine into energy occurs within the first few seconds of exertion. Creatine supplements are artificially made creatine that can be taken by athletes as ergogens, substances that can be used by athletes to enhance performance. Artificially made creatine is available as powder, capsules, candy, and gum. The goal of creatine supplementation is to increase the energy in the muscles so that athletes can improve their strength, speed, and endurance.

Creatine is perhaps the best supplement ever to hit the sports nutrition market. Creatine is a

Creatine (Cr) is a popular dietary supplement used by athletes to increase sports performance, muscle mass, and strength. Creatine was first discovered in “1835, when a French scientist reported finding this constituent of meat” (Demant & Rhodes, 1999). This organic compound is manufactured endogenously by the liver and kidneys “from the amino acids glycine, arginine and methionine” for energy stipulation during muscular contraction. (Arazi, Rahmaninia, Hoseini, & Asadi, 2011). Creatine is either converted into free form Cr or phosphorylated form as known as creatine phosphate (CP). The endogenous production and exogenous consumption of Cr yields about 1 gram a day for the average person (Cooper, Naclerio, Allfrove , & Jimenez, 2012). In

But why is creatine supplementation needed for athletic performance if it can be manufactured by the body? Higher levels of creatine before exercise seem to have ergogenic effects which help the body perform better. Whether creatine is useful in long duration aerobic exercise hasn't been proven yet but it has a very specific and distinct function during

The Creatine supplement most commonly used is Creatine Monohydrate (C4H11N3O3). There are other derivatives of this supplement. Creatine Monohydrate has a variety of influences on athletes. Creatine’s occupation is to raise the rate at which ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) is produced (Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation). When a muscle is used an ATP molecule goes through hydrolysis, the breaking of a chemical bond using H20. The muscle uses this breaking down of ATP to release energy. The ATP gives off an ADP (Adenosine Diphosphate) molecule. Due to the reliability of ATP breaking down with a water molecule, the amount of ATP available in the muscle cells is increased. At the same time ATP is being converted into ADP, ADP is being changed back to ATP inside the muscle. During the contraction of the muscle, the changing back of ADP to ATP is achieved by the Creatine already present in the cells. However, this rebuilding of ATP is not a direct result of the use of the Creatine in the cellular complex. Right upon the taking of Creatine Monohydrate, the total muscular capacity levels of phosphocreatine (PCr) and Creatine Monophosphate increase. This elevation of phosphocreatine “shifts the equilibrium towards the production of ATP,” allowing ATP to be generated at a much faster rate ( Muscle and Strength Magazine). This is the chemistry behind what Creatine does to your body and the reactions

In recent years, oral supplements of creatine monohydrate have become "increasingly popular among different athletes for use as a natural ergogenic aid (Stout et al., 1999). A surge in the use of creatine began in 1992, when "Harris et al showed that oral supplementation with high doses of creatine

Creatine monohydrate supplementation has been shown to result in an increase in skeletal muscle total and phosphocreatine concentration, increase fat-free mass, and enhance high-intensity exercise performance in young healthy men and women. Recent evidence has also demonstrated a neuroprotective effect of creatine monohydrate

The alarm clock beeps as I turn over to hit the snooze button, it is 4:30 am on a hazy and dreary Fourth of July morning. Rolling out of bed, I slip on my USA Field Hockey tank top and tie my sneakers tight. This morning I am attending the annual Explosive Sports Performance Militia Fourth of July workout. Driving there, I began to feel excited and nervous as I realize I may be the only girl that attends this event. My trainer promoted the workout to the top dedicated athletes at the gym. The week prior to the event, he approached me while I was lifting weights completing my workout alongside a former Penn State football player. Overhearing their conversation, I listen to my trainer tell the brawny football player that he expects I am more likely to show up for the grueling workout than he would be. Ultimately, the exchange between the two men gave me the motivation to show up ready to prove that women can perform at same level as top male athletes.

I found this article to be a fairly good example excludability. In years past sports teams were allowed to “black-out” a game. This effectively eliminated the free rider because, the free riders were allowing others to pay the ticket price for an NFL game, for example, while they watched it at no cost to them from their television. Even if the demand for the game to be televised was strong, with out the percentages that were set by the NFL, in this case 85% by 72 hours before the game, it blacked out the coverage of the game in a 75 mile radius. If this good continued to be excludable, the NFL would continue to serve as many fee-paying customers as possible, and only those paying customers. The entrepreneur managed to exclude non contributors

Creatine helps in increasing speed, power, and size of the muscles, strength endurance and tolerance to fatigue.

In the sports world many athletes are being diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) as well as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). This occurrence is mostly happening in contact sports. ALS is mostly acquired from head trauma, but can be hereditary. ALS causes the neurons which control voluntary muscles to die. CTE is a neurological disease that affects the brain. This, is also acquired threw head trauma. CTE can lead to Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's, which all have to do with brain function. This recurrence happening in sports brings up the controversial topic, “should rules be changed?” Athletes need to be educated on what risk they are taking, getting potential head