Freshman lifting

[viperx1_1000]

Hey,
I just got back from my football camp. While at camp we went through some physical tests. I live in a fairly small town, most of you guys live in huge cities. I was wondering if you could maybe compare my athletic abilities to maybe yourself or the top athlete for your class, as a freshman. I should be a sophmore but here they are: Bench Press 195. Squat, 360. 40 m. 4.8. Vertical, 23". Weight, 150, height, 5, 6". Position, Fullback, defensive Strong line backer. Sp. Teams, "hitman" and returner. Also included: incredible hands. We did more tests but can't recall my results . Thanks for your help, i'm going to be looking at a scholarship and would like to know what i need to work on to be up to par with all the other 5a schools.
Thanks.
So far, all natural, but here comes the creatine.

[MagMan5446]

Damn sounds just about like me only your vertical sucks

[viperx1_1000]

whoops, that's not my vertical it's my standing 3 jumps combined. Ah, data tables, vertical is 27, not much better, there's a reason i'm not a reciever.

[MrWallen]

Lol, saw the title and thought maybe you were referring to lifting up freshman into the air or something, like maybe putting them down in a trashcan??? I dunno. Benching a person is tough, their skin is all wiggly and they squirm.

[viperx1_1000]

you can leg press people pretty easy if they sit on those poles where the weights go.

[Skoad]

creatine is in your body already, no big deal.

[Torbo]

looks pretty good....youd better hope you grow some....youre not gonna playt backer at 5'6" for much longer.

[viperx1_1000]

By the look of my parents i might grow another 2-4"! Oh, well, you should see our team, there's no competition.

[Mag_SEAL-6]

you must be a pretty huge freshman to be benching 195. is 195 your max or what you rep as a regular workout?

[viperx1_1000]

all maxing, if i could rep 195, . I'm trying to beat our current strongest senior, by the time i'm a senior. Although i'm a long way from 330.

[Mango]

creatine is in your body already, no big deal.

No it is a big deal. Creatine is a precursor in the energy production cycle. The more creatine you have availible the more phosphates you can use to load the ADP molecules and make them into ATP once again. ATP (Adenosine Tri-phosphate) is our muscles primary energy source for quick/explosive power and is what activates muscle fiber. It is how we get energy to use, by breaking the bonds. This only works up to a point and is dependent upon a few other factors as well. I won't bore anyone with the details.

[viperx1_1000]

that's what my coaches said, so is it a good idea? How about the amount of water i have to drink. I don't want to go 3 hours without water and become dehydrated.

[Mango]

Hydration is crucial and yes, if you supplement any protein or creatine you need to increase your water intake accordingly. I would add at least 32 ounces to your standard intake for every 5 grams of creatine. The reason is you need the Hydrogen to remove lactic acid and the increased O2 is used in the energy cycle. Since you are moving around many more molecules you need the H20 to supply the "support elements" if you will.

[viperx1_1000]

have you had any success with it, if so at what age did you start? What about my poor kidney's, i heard it can be pretty ruough on them.

[Mango]

I only started lifting/working out about 2 1/2 years ago. Now it is my major in college (Health & Excercise Science). I've used creatine off and on. Lately I have not but when I do I notice a difference. It takes about 2 weeks or so to see a difference due to uptake and availibility. Research has not shown whether the loading phase is actually neccessary or if its just a ploy to get you to buy more creatine. I have seen research saying that supplementing more than 5 grams for MOST people is not effective due to the other precursors I mentioned before. I recommend to people who want to use it to supplement 5 grams of creatine with fruit juice like cranberry or use a supplement that already has dextrose present like IDS brand or EAS's phosphogain. The sugar helps tansport the creatine into the muscle cells and bloodstream.

So long as you drink plenty of water your kidneys will be unaffected by it. The guys who were supplementing 10-15 grams were causing the kidneys to work overtime to collect any and all availible H20 from the bloodstream, thus putting them in an overworked state. You will be totally fine so long as you sip water throughout the day.