[sfricks]

Dear Dr. Mirkin: Will taking creatine supplements help to prevent the loss of muscle strength that occurs with aging?

Each muscle has millions of muscle fibers, and each muscle fiber is enervated by a single nerve. With aging, you lose nerves and with loss of each motor nerve, you lose the corresponding muscle fiber. So the treatment of muscle weakness with aging is to increase the size and strength of each remaining active muscle fibers. You do this only by exercising against increasing resistance.
Creatine will do nothing to stop the progressive loss of nerves that decreases the number of active muscle fibers. However, it can help you to exercise harder and longer, so it may help you to do the intense
workouts that will build larger and stronger muscles. At this time we
do not know whether there are any deleterious side effects in older people from taking creatine, so I cannot recommend it. See Creatine

[Jburchill]

Is using creatine while training for triathalons a good idea? Also since creatine pulls muscle into your muscles are you less likely to get dehydrated during a race if you use creatine?

[sfricks]

Sorry, I'm no expert on this subject. As you can see it was a re-post from another author, Dr. Mirkin. I do not use Creatine and have not heard of anyone using it to any benefit. Good Luck!

[BigStew]

Creatine is more of a Short Energy Strength Based supplement. It benefits more anerobic workouts like weight lifting. WHile Beta Alanine would more benefit endurance athletes because it helps buffer lactic acid

[Jburchill]

I've been taking beta alanine also, I can tell that helps with the endurace. Plus I love the feeling it gives me. Like someone is pricking you with needles.

[BigStew]

Jburchill said:

I've been taking beta alanine also, I can tell that helps with the endurace. Plus I love the feeling it gives me. Like someone is pricking you with needles.

Have you tried first order yet. It is an excellent endurance product

Beta alanine definately gives you that tingling. Love it