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Lately, I feel like my life has been revolving around fitness.  This is mostly because working at GNC has me talking about Sports Nutrition about 85% of the time, and as a result, I've been a lot more focused on sticking with my workouts and being conscious about what I put into my body for those workouts (primarily the post workout).  In addition to the protein that I add to my post workout smoothie (consisting of some combination of frozen berries, banana, kale/spinach, greek yogurt, and flax), I've started to add GNC's unflavored creatine monohydrate.

I'm not one for using too many supplements, since most of them have little to no evidence of efficacy, but creatine is one of the few that actually has a whole lot of research to back it up.  It's used for maximizing power and performance in high intensity exercise by increasing your ATP stores (your energy source).  This in turn will help you build more muscle, since you'll be doing more work.  The only thing that usually keeps women away from creatine is the fact that it causes some water retention; it pulls water into your muscle cells, causing you to look/feel bloated.  So far, I haven't seen any issues, but I'll keep you updated if I see any changes!  Since I've been doing Insanity: the Asylum, I figured I could use a bit of an energy boost for the tougher workouts.  I'm in my last week, and I am definitely noticing my muscles getting leaner and more defined than just doing Insanity!  Definitely recommend it.

Do you take any supplements for your workouts?  I'd love to hear about it!

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