[b said:
Quote[/b] (baby a @ May 28 2004,1:53)]You haven't gotten any results because you are lazy, unintelligent, and undedicated. Creatine DOES absolutely work. Have you ever tried reading research done using creatine??!!
Baby A, that really is uncalled for guy, granted Vol is a pain, and doesn't do his homework, and even though I made myself a promise not to post any more on any thread that has him involved, I just have to say that calling the guy those names just isn't right. Even though I still think he needs to get his act together, I wouldn't just come out and call him names.
Besides here is a study that possibly could give his line of thought some merit. It is just an abstract and I haven't gotten the whole report yet, but???
Notes: This study refers to anabolic (I am assuming they are refering to direct anabolic effect) effect of Creatine, which in itself possibly is true, but I do believe creatine's effects on the, as stated in other studies and the FAQ, metabolic effect of hypertrophy are worth merit.
No effect of creatine supplementation on human myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic protein synthesis after resistance exercise.
Louis M, Poortmans JR, Francaux M, Berre J, Boisseau N, Brassine E, Cuthbertson DJ, Smith K, Babraj JA, Waddell T, Rennie MJ.
Universite Catholique de Louvain, France.
Muscle hypertrophy during resistance training is reportedly increased by creatine supplementation. Having previously failed to find an anabolic effect on muscle protein turnover at rest, either fed or fasted, we have now examined the possibility of a stimulatory effect of creatine in conjunction with acute resistance exercise. Seven healthy men (body mass index, 23 +/- 2 kg/m2, 21 +/- 1 yr, means +/- SE) performed 20 x 10 repetitions of leg extension-flexion at 75% one-repetition maximum in one leg, on two occasions, 4 wk apart, before and after ingesting 21 g/day creatine for 5 days. The subjects ate approximately 21 g maltodextrin + 6 g protein/h for 3 h postexercise. We measured incorporation of [1-13C]leucine into quadriceps muscle proteins in the rested and exercised legs. Leg protein breakdown (as dilution of [2H5]phenylalanine) was also assessed in the exercised and rested leg postexercise. Creatine supplementation increased muscle total creatine by approximately 21% (P < 0.01). Exercise increased the synthetic rates of myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic proteins by two- to threefold (P < 0.05), and leg phenylalanine balance became more positive, but creatine was without any anabolic effect.
PMID: 12824083 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]