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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
ower by five to twelve percent, work performed during sets of maximal effort muscle contractions by five to thirteen percent, single-effort sprint performance by one to four percent, and work performed during repetitive sprint performance by five to thirteen percent. Long-term supplementation of creatine (10 to 15 grams/day for six months - two years) increases gains in strength, sprint performance, and lean muscle mass during training in comparison to non-users (WeightliftingInfo.com, 2001). Indulging manufactured creatine into the system leads to a variety of side effects. Creatine hasn't been tested long enough to know the long-term side effects. To date, the only side effects reported were gas and muscle cramping along with strains, nausea, dizziness, and dehydration. Creatine can also stunt a person's growth and development, cause acne, and liver and kidney damage. These are short-term effects and that doesn't mean something serious in creatine will be discovered in five or ten years. Creatine should be taken with at least 64 ounces of water each day. The excess creatine from the liver and kidneys is excreted in urine. Overdosing doesn't lead to more muscle, just more expensive urine and possible side effects (Murphy, 2000). The reason why nobody kn
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