Effects of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation (pdf)

DISSERTATION

Table of Contents
TITLE..............................................................................................................................................1
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................1
Overview of Research............................................................................................................1
Rationale of Research.............................................................................................................2
Research aims and objectives.................................................................................................3
Research Questions................................................................................................................3
Project specifications..............................................................................................................4
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW.........................................................................................5
Analyse that creatine supplementation with specific view to exercise/sports performance. .5
Effects of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation With and Without D-Pinitol on Resistance
Training Adaptations..............................................................................................................6
Identify that Buffered form of creatine promote greater changes in training adaptations than
creatine monohydrate.............................................................................................................8
Evaluation of the Adverse effects of creatine supplementation.............................................9
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...........................................................................12
Type of investigation............................................................................................................12
Research design....................................................................................................................12
Research approach................................................................................................................13
Research philosophy.............................................................................................................14
Data collection method.........................................................................................................14
Sampling method..................................................................................................................15
Data analysis.........................................................................................................................15
Accessibility issues...............................................................................................................16
Ethical issues........................................................................................................................17
Validity and reliability..........................................................................................................17
CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION.........................................................................................................19
Questionnaire .......................................................................................................................19
Data interpretation................................................................................................................23
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS.........................................................38
Conclusion............................................................................................................................38

Recommendations................................................................................................................38
REFLECTIVE STATEMENT.......................................................................................................39
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................41
APPENDIX ...................................................................................................................................44

TITLE
“The effect of creatine supplementation on physical performance during a 4 week
cycle.”
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Overview of Research
The creatine can be described as a chemical which is found especially in muscles and
brain which is helpful to increase physical performance. It is also found is red meat, sea food and
can be prepared at laboratory scale for use. However, creatine is generally utilise for boosting up
exercise performance as well as enhance muscle mass in athletes and older adults (Trexler and
Smith-Ryan, 2015). In addition to this, it is analysed that provide variety of health benefits in
terms of consisting neuro protective and cardio protective properties.
Meanwhile, creatine have a role to store high energy phosphate groups in form of
phosphocreatine which release energy in order to aid cellular function at the time of stress.
Moreover, this compound can be intake from several food items such as meat, egg and fish
which is commonly used by athletes and sport persons for increasing power output as well as
lean mass (Jones, 2014). Furthermore, creatine may create problem of stomach cramp if taken
without sufficient amount of water and diarrhoea & nausea can occur due to excess
supplementation of creatine takes place.
At the other hand, creatine products are available in market in form of tablets, powder,
energy bars and drinks which are taken by people through the prescription of doctors. It will
provide support to enhance muscle mass and helps athletes achieve burst of strengths (Momaya,
Fawal and Estes, 2015). However, creatine is helpful to boost up strength, increase lean muscle
mass and facilitate muscles to overcome more quickly at the time of exercise respectively. Apart
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from improving physical performance, creatine is also used in case of creatine deficiency
syndrome which impacts negatively on brain, ageing, bone density, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure and so on (Lundberg, Vencovsky and
Alexanderson, 2014).
Background of the study – This present dissertation will focus on effect of creatine
supplementation in physical performance during the 4 week cycle. It involves the analysis of
levels of increase in exercise performance and muscle mass in respect of increasing energy of
body which is responsible for improving physical work. However, it include to evaluate the
impacts of intake creatine in terms of increasing energy of as an individual which boost up their
stamina for increasing their physical performance specially in context of sports persons and
athletes (Wax, Kavazis and Luckett, 2016). Moreover, creatine was made by 3 different amino
acids like L-arginine, glycine & L-methionine and it provide energy to different parts of body as
per requirement. In addition to this, Supplementing with creatine has been shown to improve
strength and explosiveness during a gradual time period. This study will also discuss about
effectiveness of supplementing creatine and better effect of different buffers in creatine in
physical performance. Meanwhile. It involves that high energy molecules known as ATP are
stored in cells and around 8-10 seconds ATP stores run out.
Rationale of Research
The study is important about effectiveness of creatine use within 4 week cycle to solve
various relevant issues occurred regarding its safety to use, range of benefits and level of
effectiveness. It is necessary to analyse about its applicability for its use so that people can utilise
the relevant products for their health (Naseeb and Volpe, 2017). However, it involves to study
that in what way creatine helps to boost up strength gains in the 1RM bench press, combined
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with 1RM squat. In addition to this, it is significant to know about different forms of creatine
such as Creatine HCL, Creatine Nitrate and Creatine Monohydrate in order to evaluate their
effectiveness. Moreover, they all have their own impact on human body in context of increasing
strengths so that it is essential to analyse that which one is suitable for for specific situation
respectively. Meanwhile, it also essential to analyse that creatine products should be intake by
the proper prescription of specialist as its excess use may results into certain health problems
(Quinlivan, Martinuzzi and Schoser, 2014).
Research aims and objectives
Aims -
“To determine the effect of creatine supplementation on physical performance during
a 4 week cycle”
Objectives -
 To analyse that creatine supplementation with specific view to exercise/sports
performance.
 To determine the Effects of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation With and Without
D-Pinitol on Resistance Training Adaptations.
 To identify Buffered form of creatine promote greater changes in training adaptations
than creatine monohydrate.
 To evaluate the Adverse effects of creatine supplementation.
Research Questions
 How to analyse that creatine supplementation with specific view to exercise/sports
performance?
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 What are the effects of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation With and Without D-
Pinitol on Resistance Training Adaptations?
 How to identify Buffered form of creatine promote greater changes in training
adaptations than creatine monohydrate?
 What are the ways to evaluate the Adverse effects of creatine supplementation?
Project specifications
Research methodology can be described as framework and analysis of collected
information which is utilised to conduct study about particular topic in order to conclude
appropriate results. The present dissertation will follow descriptive research design which consist
to gather large amount of data and make correct conclusions by description of selected
population (Andrade Kratz, Salles Painelli, Andrade Nemezio, Silva, Franchini, Zagatto,
Gualano and Artioli, 2017). However, research philosophy is helpful to collect information from
social constructed environment and interpretive is focussed in this study. Moreover, this
investigation types of qualitative and deductive approach will used to gather data in effective
manner. The primary and secondary sources of information are utilised to collect required
information to conduct appropriate investigation for attaining correct outcomes respectively.
Furthermore, data analysis will be carried out through implementing thematic analysis with
support of qualitative techniques and interpretation will be done by graphical representation.
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