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<blockquote data-quote="Substitute" data-source="post: 143489"><p>Well it depends whether you are on about legal or illegal performance-enhancing substances.</p><p></p><p>Creatin (an amino-acid) is legal and is widely used. Creatin is one compound used to make muscles. It is present in meat primarily but in such small amounts that there is none wasted. We generally use up all the creatin we eat (about half goes to storage to repair muscles). Taking in more allows more creatin-base muscle to form and faster giving significant advantages - you will bulk up faster.</p><p></p><p>Taking such supplements is legal (certainly in the UK) because they are naturally found and theoretically can be obtained in such quantities by eating a lot of the foods that contain them. Wasps are advocates of Creatin supplements, Bath on the other hand don't use them or don't encourage use of them. As for other sides I don't know.</p><p></p><p>They can be very effective but must be taken with caution. Only a finite amount can be stored, the rest must be removed as waste. As creatine, I'm told, is formed through the way of removing waste proteins it is difficult for the kidneys to remove and sadly the kidneys almost become storage sites. You should only take as much as you will use. I only kno this about talking to our club doctor - one of players wil be on dialysis in the indefinit future due to misproper use of creatin.</p><p></p><p>As for illegal drugs it's hard to tell. I'm not saying Asafa Powell cheated but the 100 metre record is falling so rapidly it suggests that our evolutionary rate is as fast as it was when we were cavemen. This is entirely plausible but the increase is bizaare. Notice on average we are all getting taller to.</p><p></p><p>I honestly hope noone cheats, but there will always be people who clamour for the fame more thn the commitment. Hopefully rugby is not afflicted with such idiots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Substitute, post: 143489"] Well it depends whether you are on about legal or illegal performance-enhancing substances. Creatin (an amino-acid) is legal and is widely used. Creatin is one compound used to make muscles. It is present in meat primarily but in such small amounts that there is none wasted. We generally use up all the creatin we eat (about half goes to storage to repair muscles). Taking in more allows more creatin-base muscle to form and faster giving significant advantages - you will bulk up faster. Taking such supplements is legal (certainly in the UK) because they are naturally found and theoretically can be obtained in such quantities by eating a lot of the foods that contain them. Wasps are advocates of Creatin supplements, Bath on the other hand don't use them or don't encourage use of them. As for other sides I don't know. They can be very effective but must be taken with caution. Only a finite amount can be stored, the rest must be removed as waste. As creatine, I'm told, is formed through the way of removing waste proteins it is difficult for the kidneys to remove and sadly the kidneys almost become storage sites. You should only take as much as you will use. I only kno this about talking to our club doctor - one of players wil be on dialysis in the indefinit future due to misproper use of creatin. As for illegal drugs it's hard to tell. I'm not saying Asafa Powell cheated but the 100 metre record is falling so rapidly it suggests that our evolutionary rate is as fast as it was when we were cavemen. This is entirely plausible but the increase is bizaare. Notice on average we are all getting taller to. I honestly hope noone cheats, but there will always be people who clamour for the fame more thn the commitment. Hopefully rugby is not afflicted with such idiots. [/QUOTE]
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