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Are you tired of being a scrawny, wimpy kid with low self-esteem and nothing to turn to? There are an increasing number of adolescents that yearn for the steroid-boosted and buff bodies of today’s athletes and weightlifters (Cloud, 2000). Creatine, popular among college and professional athletes, found its way to the high school athletes. Many adults are questioning whether or not these kids understand what the effects of creatine are. Adolescents are being targeted into taking this supplement for the fact of getting bigger and stronger. Creatine is out there to improve maximum strength and endurance. It helps create phosphocreatine (PCr) in muscles. Extra PCr produces more energy for brief, high-intensity exercises such as sprinting, jumping, and weightlifting. It allows the athlete to tolerate more strenuous workouts, handle heavier weights, and increase muscle mass (Murphy, 2000). It improves exercise performance by 80 % if instructions are properly followed. Creatine also increases the amount of water that each muscle cell can hold and, therefore, increases muscle size and strength. According to studies, short-term (eight weeks) creatine supplementation improves maximum strength/p
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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