ErgoPharm - STAMINO2 Information:
Serving Size 3.6g
Servings
Per Container 40
Citrulline Malate 3g
ErgoPharm STAMINO2
If you are taking creatine then you are only addressing half of
the equation of muscle energy, recovery, and growth.
Creatine works by enhancing your muscle’s energy suppy and
re-suppy capacity through the anaerobic pathway. It does this by
increasing concentrations of creatine phosphate, which is the
muscle’s immediate storage house for valuable phosphate ions. In
the form of creatine phosphate, these ions are readily available
to restore the activity of the primary muscle fuel ATP. Creatine
phosphate works in conjunction with glycogen to provide
immediate energy to the muscle. These compounds do not require
the presence of oxygen to do their work, hence they are termed
anaerobic (without oxygen) substrates.
The down side of the
story is that creatine phosphate is quickly used up. In addition
to this, anaerobic breakdown of glycogen for energy (glycolysis)
soon comes to a halt as lactic acid builds up.
At this point
it is time for the aerobic re-supply of ATP to take over. The
aerobic energy system is complex and involves many metabolic
pathways that use glucose, glycolytic byproducts, as well as
fats for substrates.
Citrulline Malate “Aerobic
Creatine???”
As I explained, creatine works by supporting and
enhancing the anaerobic production of energy in the muscle.
Unfortunately, it does nothing to address the production of
aerobic energy in the muscle.
This is where citrulline
malate comes in. Citrulline malate has been shown to increase
aerobic ATP production in the muscle by 34%! The result is a
marked decrease in fatigue and a substantial increase in aerobic
evercise performance. Citrulline malate does this in part by
stimulating the removal and utilization for energy of the lactic
acid formed during anaerobic glycolysis.
Citrulline malate
works synergistically with creatine in another way as well.
After exercise your creatine phosphate levels are depleted and
it takes a while for the free creatine in your muscles to be
rephosphorylated. With citrulline malate, the rate of
phosphocreatine recovery after evercise is increased by 20%!
This means that you recover more quickly between weight training
sessions giving yourself a better opportunity to grow faster.
Citrulline Malate and Ammonia
Ammonia is a toxic metabolic by
product produced by your muscles, especially during intense
exercise. Ammonia is removed from the body by the liver’s urea
cycle. Ammonia is very toxic to the body and muscles; the build
up of ammonia in the body results in a rapid onset of fatigue.
If the levels are not reduced, they can lead to muscle
catabolism and interference with brain function. Severe ammonia
toxicity can lead to organ failure, and eventually death.
Citrulline malate stimulates the urea cycle and therefore
markedly increases the body’s ability to remove ammonia. Ammonia
is thus converted to the harmless by-product urea, and excreted
from the body.
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