Is the 120 grams of creatine in my body enough?
Maybe. The whole idea behind taking creatine as supplement is that if you workout you burn-up a lot of creatine. If you take a creatine supplement you will have more energy – because the ATP energy cycle can go on for a longer time. We go into supplementation in another article – but here is the quick run down. Unfortunately your muscle’s creatine supply is not limitless. The average human has between 3.5 and 4 grams of creatine per kilogram of muscle. Once you use up the creatine in your muscle you have to rest your muscles and wait a while before you can exercise the muscle again. Studies have shown that the human muscle can store up to 5 grams of creatine per kilogram. So, by taking a creatine supplement you can raise your levels from 3.5 to 5 grams of creatine – and thus enjoy more of the benefits of creatine. Excess creatine is eventually converted into the waste product creatinine and excreted from the body. The average adult needs to synthesise and ingest a total of 2g of Creati
