Richard Uzelac is Adding Creatine and BCAA to His Daily Routine

About three weeks ago I started adding Creatine and BCAA’s to my daily workout to see if there was a difference in strength and endurance. I was feeling great with my new Cardio routine and wanted to see if I could go further with these two supplements.

Richard Uzelac’s Conclusion: Creatine and BCAA’s WORK!

I’m actually pretty impressed with the difference in my strength, stamina, energy and recovery once I added these two supplements!

Richard’s Observations:  This is what I have seen occur.

• Strength is up noticeably!  My Bench Press was around 225 lbs, to 245 lbs, but had gone down to consistent 225 lbs for the past six weeks. Yesterday I pressed 255 lbs for three reps. It was a struggle, but I got it.
• Stamina and number of heavy repetitions are up! I can pop out five easy reps at 225 lbs. now on the bench.  Before I could only get three fairly smoothly.
• Recovery: Not sure on this one. My body feels good everyday and I’m not that sore.  It is just hard to judge is my recovery is better. I did notice my ability to run for over 15 minutes straight without strain is a big positive.
• Body changes: My weight has gone up about five lbs as I think I am gaining a bit of muscle but mostly retaining more water. Creatine makes you retain water. Overall I like the look at 184 lbs over the look at 179 lbs.

Richard’s Uzelac’s Dosage:  Three Grams each of Creatine and BCAAs.

• I approach new supplements carefully. The literature says to use between one and five grams of each every day. I started at one gram each, then progressed to 3 grams each. This feels right.
• The body can create about one gram of Creatine per day on it’s own, same with BCAA’s, I think. SO, I have increased both by 300% by taking three grams. I think that is good for the first Cycle.

Richard Uzelac’s Cycling:

• Cycling: Cycling is slowly going on a supplement, reaching a maintained peak, then weaning back off of it over time to nothing, then repeating the procedure.
• Why? I think this is a smart thing to do so the body does not become dependent or de-sensitized to the supplement.
• My Cycle: I will do one more week of both, go down to nothing in five days, stay off for 5 days, then cycle back up to 3 grams of each.

Conclusion:

It’s early. It’s unscientific. But I like these supplements and feel they have benefits for anyone even older athletes like myself. I hope you give them a try and they do the same or even better for all of you.

Thanks as always for reading my blog! God Bless you all.

Richard Uzelc