Creatine Phosphate Energy System

The creatine phosphate system is used at the highest intensity exercise given by the person exercising.

Creatine phosphate energy system. This is an energy system your body will put to use in certain types of training. We are going to start by covering the energy system responsible for the provision of energy during short explosive bouts. You start out with adenosine tri phosphate atp and when the energy system is put into action a chemical reaction occurs where a phosphate p splits away and energy is released. These two will work in different systems and at different times to quickly produce energy.

This is called the atp cp or phosphagen energy system sometimes referred to as the. The phosphagen system can supply the energy needs of working muscle at a high rate but only for 8 to 10 seconds. True o false muscle strength improvements in the first few weeks of a program are due to. Creatine phosphate stores are almost immediate but they will only last you around 10 15 seconds in total.

Together the atp levels and creatine phosphate levels are called the phosphagen system. To rapidly replenish atp muscle cells break down another high energy compound called creatine phosphate cp. The cp system is generally used in short highly explosive training. You are then left with adenosine di phosphate adp.

As the muscle continues to work the creatine phosphate levels begin to decrease. Phosphocreatine also known as creatine phosphate cp or pcr pcr is a phosphorylated creatine molecule that serves as a rapidly mobilizable reserve of high energy phosphates in skeletal muscle myocardium and the brain to recycle adenosine triphosphate the energy currency of the cell. The main fuel for this system will be glycogen that we store in the muscles and the liver as well as creatine phosphate. Atp and creatine phosphate also called phosphocreatine or pcr for short make up the atp pcr system.

The atp store in the body is small and is sufficient to allow maximal effort for about 1 to 2 seconds but there are ways of providing more atp to replace that being used during metabolism. Creatine phosphate is your body s simplest most immediate energy source and your body maintains using this system for a short period of time. The energy system that uses atp and creatine phosphate fuel the body for long exercise sessions. Pcr is broken down releasing a phosphate and energy which is then used to rebuild atp.

The system relies on the fuel carbohydrates to further its work at providing energy the use of this system is limited due to the fact that there is only a small amount of creatine phosphate in the muscle cell thus meaning that when it. Creatine phosphate energy system. This is referred to as the creatine phosphate pcr system the atp pcr system or simply the phosphagen system. Recall that atp is rebuilt by adding a phosphate to adp in a process called phosphorylation.

The phosphagen system consists of the atp store and the phosphocreatine pc also called creatine phosphate store see upper section of fig.