Is there any use in cycling creatine?
The fact of the matter is that the proposed benefits of creatine cycling have not been proven. As many of you already know, when creatine is transported into your muscle cells, it is attached to a phosphate group to become phosphocreatine (PC). When PC is broken down, it releases energy that can be used to very quickly re-synthesize ATP, without the need for oxygen. Thus, PC allows your muscle cells to produce lots of force in short bursts, such as is requiring during an intense iron-pumping workout. PC levels may fall with long-term creatine use (van Loon et al., 2003) and this may be due to transporter down-regulation (van Loon et al., 2003). Dr. Theo Wallimann (Lourdes et al., 1998) therefore suggests consuming creatine for no longer than 3 months at a time, followed by a 1-month creatine-free period to avoid complications of creatine transporter down-regulation. Note, however, that no studies have been performed to demonstrate the superiority of one method of creatine cycling versu
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