Creatine - anyone using it to enhance their meet performance?

Aquageek: I don't believe your a cheater unless you drink more than 8 full cups of coffee before your competition and after during the drug test it will show up as the above legal amount according to FINA. I remember many years ago a swimmer was suspended in a FINA competition in South American because of caffeine showed up in the drug test and it was on the banned subtance list. There was an appeal and I believe the swimmer was reinstated meaning they did not have to serve a 2 year suspension. I will have to check who this was and when it happened. I though the WADA had limits on how much caffeine you could have in your system and if you went over that limit you could be banned. As far as creatine, unless the laws have changed, I know that it was not a banned substance for many years by the sports governing bodies. I know as a master swimmer, I used to get information about creatine in the mail back in the late 1980's on how to order it and use it to get advantages in athletic performance but I never used the stuff. We had a discussion on this forum and I believe Goodsmith/Evil Smith used the product and provided feedback to us about the disadvantages with its use. Look at posts 11 and 12 of the link I provided. I am also providing a link of product information. forums.usms.org/showthread.php www.thejump101.com/.../creatscience_2.html

Aquageek: I don't believe your a cheater unless you drink more than 8 full cups of coffee before your competition and after during the drug test it will show up as the above legal amount according to FINA. I remember many years ago a swimmer was suspended in a FINA competition in South American because of caffeine showed up in the drug test and it was on the banned subtance list. There was an appeal and I believe the swimmer was reinstated meaning they did not have to serve a 2 year suspension. I will have to check who this was and when it happened. I though the WADA had limits on how much caffeine you could have in your system and if you went over that limit you could be banned. As far as creatine, unless the laws have changed, I know that it was not a banned substance for many years by the sports governing bodies. I know as a master swimmer, I used to get information about creatine in the mail back in the late 1980's on how to order it and use it to get advantages in athletic performance but I never used the stuff. We had a discussion on this forum and I believe Goodsmith/Evil Smith used the product and provided feedback to us about the disadvantages with its use. Look at posts 11 and 12 of the link I provided. I am also providing a link of product information. forums.usms.org/showthread.php www.thejump101.com/.../creatscience_2.html