Importance of Cycling for Creatine, NO, and Tribulus

Actually, I learned this from Biohazard; wherever he may be these days.
I'm still here...classes are kicking my ass.

It is preposterous to cycle creatine. I understand people can say that your body becomes "used to" taking creatine and your creatine production declines...ummm....BULLSHIT!!! The easy answer of creatine is that it is for muscular endurance. It's used in ATP synthesis. Simple answer: ATP (adenosine tri-phosphate) breaks apart to release a massive amount of energy. ATP turns into ADP (adenosine di-phosphate). Creatine phosphate (stored in skeletal muscle) bonds to ADP to turn it into ATP again. ATP synthesis happens in every cell of the body, within the mitochondria of every cell. It happens so fast...I'm talking faster than you can blink crazy fast. ATP synthesis is basically this: energy is created and destroyed constantly. The metabolic processes go way...way...way...in depth. There are three stages: Glycolysis, Kreb's cycle, and the chemiosmotic method/electron transport chain. Everytime you breathe, you are concluding ATP synthesis. The waste products you breathe out are CO2 and H2O. Yes...you breathe out vaporous water.

There is something called creatine saturation levels. It's like another energy fuel tank. The other one is glycogen stores, but we are not going to talk about that right now. This is the amount of creatine phosphate stored in the skeletal muscle. The average person uses about 3 grams per day on top of food and supplementation. You use this amount for energy required throughout the day. This is why people say to take 5 grams everyday, even on your non-training days. You also eat sources of creatine phosphate everytime you eat meats. Why is this? What is meat? It is skeletal muscle from animals. You get proteins, amino acids, derivitives of aminos like creatine and enzymes, lipids and derivitives, carbs like glycogen stores, etc. You are constantly getting sources of creatine whether or not you use a creatine monohydrate (or whatever form) as a supplement. So...it makes absolutely no freaking sense to cycle creatine.

One more thing...the creatine you take before, during, or after a workout will generally not even be used until the next day or workout. The creatine monohydrate (or whatever form) has to be broken down to creatinine. Then it stores in the skeletal muscle waiting to be used. This takes time.