Creatinol-O-Phosphate
Sometimes to locate an effective new muscle-building compound, researchers have to go to go to extreme lengths. Such is the case with Creatinol-O-Phosphate (COP).
An elite team of North American researchers traveled halfway across the world and painstakingly translated the results of several research studies to uncover this raw, muscle-building gem. Unfortunately, because of its chemical moniker, Creatinol-O-Phosphate is occasionally mistaken by new bodybuilders to be just another run-of-the-mill form of creatine. Nothing could be further from the truth.
COP is a revolutionary muscle- and strength-enhancing compound with a high rate of absorption in muscle tissue. Regular supplements, such as inferior forms of creatine, are subject to the destructive process of cyclization.
During the process of cyclization, the muscle-building potency of creatine is lost when it is routinely converted to an ineffective by-product known as creatinine, which is completely useless for muscle-building.
COP is an advanced molecule that is highly resistant to this biological process and has been demonstrated in clinical research to be readily absorbed via oral delivery.1 Other research has shown that it is able to maintain its structural integrity and stability in muscle where it can exert its full physiological effects.2
Once saturated in the muscle cell, the primary action of COP is to prolong anaerobic glycolysis in the presence of excess lactic acid.
While you're pushing a set to the absolute limit, specific physiological mechanisms in your body are triggered in response to excess lactic acid accumulation and a drop in intracellular pH. This is your body's way of shutting down activity to prevent intramuscular damage induced by an overproduction of metabolic by-products.
COP overrides this mechanism by acting as an intracellular buffer, preventing a dramatic drop in pH and allowing muscle contractions to continue well beyond the point at which your body would normally shut down activity.3,4
With continued use, COP can also allow you to subject your muscles to an increased time under tension.4 This can elicit a much greater anabolic signal for muscle growth to occur.
In one study, it only took seven days to observe a dramatic increase in the time under tension threshold.4 In simple terms, COP allows you to punish your muscles with a significantly greater anabolic load, which stresses the muscle fibers with a shocking new stimulus, setting the stage for rapid new gains in muscle size and strength.
In this study, COP was shown to increase muscle contractility despite increased lactic acid levels.3 This rise in lactic acid levels is a key marker of anaerobic metabolism, which largely involves the type IIb muscle fibers. These muscle fibers are known to possess the greatest capacity for hypertrophy.
As an additional benefit, COP may allow you to target your muscle fibers that contain the highest potential for growth. Bodybuilders may even notice increased post-workout muscle soreness after supplementing with COP. With an increased production of lactic acid and increased ability to physically stress the muscles, some responses required for muscle growth are amplified.
Working through a synergistic mechanism that compliments the actions of COP is another powerful muscle-building compound - Beta-Alanine - that's being touted as the "next creatine" for the rapidly accumulating clinical research that supports its muscle and strength-enhancing properties.
