Marcus Romanelli

Track & Field actually makes you a better football player. ✅ Explosive power ✅ Straight-line speed & acceleration ✅ Better mechanics + conditioning ✅ Coordination, versatility & injury resilience Not the first time this comes up TF is one of the best complements to football: • 100/200m sprints → pure speed for WR, DB, RB • Hurdles & agility events → quickness, hip mobility, change-of-direction • Jumps & throws → power and explosiveness (great for linemen & physical matchups)

No. Wrong. Terrible advice. Creatine enters the muscle cells (the fibers themselves), not just “the muscle” as a vague tissue. Once inside via the creatine transporter, it raises intracellular creatine/phosphocreatine levels and draws water in by osmosis this is normal cell volumization. The balloon comparison is a rough analogy people use for that water influx, but it’s very misleading if the point is that creatine is “bad for tissue.” Muscle cells are designed to handle moderate volume changes. The water stays inside the fibers (making them fuller), not under the skin as bloating, and it acts as an anabolic signal rather than mechanical stress that damages the cell. Evidence doesn’t show creatine increases muscle damage markers or tissue injury risk; if anything data suggests it can help with recovery and reduce cramps/heat issues. Do you follow @RBKreider ? Have you read any data on creatine? Dr. Kreider and colleagues directly tested the old dehydration/cramping claims in NCAA Division IA football players training and competing in hot/humid conditions. Creatine users had significantly less cramping, heat illness/dehydration, muscle tightness, strains, and total injuries than non-users (Greenwood et al., J Athl Train 2003; Greenwood, Kreider et al., Mol Cell Biochem 2003). The ISSN @IntSocietySN position stand (Kreider et al. 2017) also notes there is no compelling evidence that creatine causes dehydration or cramping at recommended doses. So the “overinflating a balloon until it stresses the tissue” framing doesn’t match the physiology or the data.

I've been recommending 2 breakfasts , 2 lunches and 2 dinners with multiple snacks to student athletes for the last decade. Kids need calories and extra nutrients to not only grow and develop but to fuel their performance as multi-sport athletes. If you want to gain muscle you'll need to fuel multiple times per day! TJ Watt shares how he fueled his younger days.. 👇 "We had dinner at 5 o'clock and 8 o'clock. We'd wake up to a 5 egg omelet every morning. We'd always have a full breakfast either an omelet, pancakes, muffins or something fresh. Then they would send us to school with two peanut butter jelly sandwiches one you'd eat before lunch and one you'd eat after lunch.... then we'd pay for two double lunches at school. Then after school we'd come home from next level or track practice and at 5pm..."

🏆 Student athletes: You can’t perform at your best if you’re under-fueled! 🍚 Carbs fuel performance 🍗 Protein supports recovery 🍓 Fruits & veggies support health 🥑 Healthy fats support overall health 💧 Hydration matters! 👇 What’s your go-to pregame meal or snack? 🔗 nutritionwithwendi.com/blog/…

Teens obsessed with exit velo but crushing Cheetos for breakfast, slamming Celsius, and running on <6 hrs of sleep because they can’t put the phone/games down? Absolutely maddening. They need the basics first: • 3-4 balanced meals • Water + healthy snacks • 7-11 hours of sleep • Fundamental drills • Structure at home