Consistency and quality are key to athletic success. The more you can reduce time out of training due to illness, injury, or poor recovery, the more time you can focus on quality training. However, quality training also means fuelling effectively and periodizing the appropriate foods and nutrients so you can meet the demands of every session and optimize training adaptations - often impacted by inadequate nutrition and under-fuelling.

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You’ve more than likely heard of creatine monohydrate. If you’ve ever done any strength work or even chatted to someone in a gym locker room, then you’ll know it’s a common supplement on the resistance exercise scene. You’ll also find it with those competing in team and sprint sports, but what about endurance and ultra-endurance runners, cyclists and triathletes? Is creatine of any use when going long? In this post, I try to explain some of the science, and potential use for creatine within a specific time frame in a periodized plan.

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