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Many athletes who use creatine agree with Ackilthat the best time to take it is in the offseason,which Murphy calls "the big-gaining season" forthe football team. Athletes from the football,basketball, baseball, wrestling and ice hockeyteams say they lift weights and run four to fivetimes a week during the summer to gain strength...
...offseason I am trying to build muscle,"Keck says. "But when the season comes along inFebruary I will focus on maintenance and toning mymuscles...
Most athletes who have never used creatinefollow the same offseason strength andconditioning programs as those who use thesupplement, but they also placed a lot ofimportance in playing their respective sportsduring the offseason to improve their level ofcompetition. For example, Keck says he wassatisfied with his offseason workouts after heusing creatine, but he was not happy that he spentmost of the summer in the dugout behind anall-star catcher in the Cape Cod summer league...
Sophomore Steve Moore, a 6'2", 190-poundforward on the hockey team, says he has never usedcreatine but he improved his maximum bench pressfrom 205 pounds last year to 255 pounds this yearby following the team's offseason workout program.He also said it was very important that he took100 shots on goal every day during the summer toimprove his accuracy and become a better scorer...
While Robert Edwards, the first-round pick from Georgia who has replaced Curtis Martin in New England's backfield, was setting an NFL record with touchdown runs in his first six games, Martin was just as effective. Martin, signed as a restricted free agent in the offseason, rushed for 107 yards to Edwards...