Creatine Boost – Back and Ready to Benefit You

BY BRIAN FRANK & STEVE BORN

• Maximises recovery
• Reduces post-exercise soreness
• Powerful antioxidant support
• Multiple brain health benefits
• Supports cardiovascular health
• Protects against muscle and bone mass loss

An organic compound made from the amino acids arginine, glycine, and methionine, creatine is arguably the most popular and well-known athletic supplement in history. First discovered in 1832 by French scientist Michel Eugène Chevreul, creatine supplements became available to the general public in the early 1990s.

Since then, creatine has been a “must have, must use” supplement for athletes involved in explosive strength and power exercise: weightlifters, bodybuilders, track and cycling sprinters, CrossFit athletes, and others. For all athletes — including endurance athletes — creatine is a staple during off-season weight training, as its use permits the athlete to do more work during reps or sprints, leading to greater gains in strength, muscle mass and performance.

How Creatine Boost benefits you

While most people tend to relegate creatine’s use to strength athletes or off-season training, there are many benefits that all athletes can enjoy all season long. Creatine is also proving to be a “go to” overall health supplement for all people — athletes and non-athletes alike.

Helps muscle fibres heal and rebuild stronger post-exercise. Exercise creates micro-tears in the muscle fibres. During recovery, creatine assists in this process by helping activate satellite cells — specialised stem cells within skeletal muscles — which help the micro-tears heal. [1]

Helps reduce exercise-induced soreness. In one study involving well-trained runners competing in a 30km race, creatine-supplemented runners had significantly lower levels of all four inflammatory and muscle soreness markers compared to the control group. The researchers concluded: “These results indicate that creatine supplementation reduced cell damage and inflammation after an exhaustive, intense race.” [2]

• Hot tip: Prior to your key races, doing a 4-day load with Race Day Boost and adding 1 serving of Creatine Boost to one or two of the 4 daily loading doses may prove to be the perfect performance-enhancing AND recovery combination. Test in training first!

Has antioxidant properties. Research has shown that creatine increases the activity of antioxidant enzymes and has the capability to eliminate reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) free radicals, protecting mitochondrial DNA and RNA against oxidative damage. [3]

Multiple brain health benefits. A review of numerous brain-specific studies concluded that creatine supplementation can increase brain creatine content, improving measures of cognition and memory (primarily in ageing adults), decreasing symptoms of sleep deprivation, and showing promise for alleviating some symptoms of TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and muscular dystrophy. [4]

Cardiovascular health support. Studies on humans with chronic congestive heart failure have shown that creatine supplementation increases creatine phosphate levels in their muscles, allowing them to perform significantly better on strength and endurance testing compared to those not supplementing with creatine. [5, 6, 7]

Protection against age-related muscle and bone mass loss (sarcopenia). Accumulating evidence suggests that creatine supplementation has the potential to increase ageing muscle mass and performance, decrease the risk of falls, and possibly attenuate inflammation and loss of bone mineral. [8]

One product, three categories

In the 38+ year history of Hammer Nutrition, no product fits perfectly within three categories. But Creatine Boost does:

• Peak Performance — Creatine has always been the go-to supplement for off-season weight training and strength-specific workouts. Its recovery benefits further cement this.
• Well Being — With antioxidant properties, brain and heart benefits, and protection against muscle and bone mass loss, it has a rightful place in the Well Being category.
• Daily Essentials — Because creatine does not act upon any receptors and there are no known tolerance issues, there is no need to take a break. The beneficial effects are cumulative — take it every day, for life.

Summary

After an approximately 30-year absence, Creatine Boost is back! With benefits that far exceed the original “build muscle mass and strength” use case, it’s a no-brainer. Hammer Creatine Boost contains Creapure® creatine monohydrate and delivers:

• Maximised recovery
• Reduced post-exercise soreness
• Powerful antioxidant support
• Multiple brain health benefits
• Protection against muscle and bone mass loss
• Cardiovascular health support

References:
[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1779717/
[2] Santos RV, et al. The effect of creatine supplementation upon inflammatory and muscle soreness markers after a 30km race. Life Sci. 2004;75(16):1917-24.
[3] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8000194/
[4] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-023-01870-9
[5] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8719809/
[6] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10069699/
[7] Gordon A, et al. Creatine supplementation in chronic heart failure increases skeletal muscle creatine phosphate and muscle performance. Cardiovasc Res. 1995;30(3):413-8.
[8] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6518405/