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In today’s society, where instant results are placed at a premium, people don’t have the time or commitment for a proper exercise regime. Due to this lack of time/commitment there has been a substantial demand placed on science to come up with products that maximize our ability to work-out and decrease the amount of time it takes to achieve desirable results. “Supplement Performance: Creatine Plus Phosphate” by Anssi Manninen attempts to pacify these demands by suggesting a combination of creatine and phosphate supplements. Anssi Manninen’s article is divided into three sections. The first deals with creatine supplements. “Creatine is a naturally occurring amino acid that is obtained from the diet and/or synthesized endogenously (within the body) from the amino acids glycine, arginine and methionine.” (Supplement Performance: Creatine Plus Phosphate, 2003, p. 138). Creatine is now the supplement of choice among athletes and is the most recognizable of all to the general public (which is in relation to the amount of media coverage that it gets). Creatine really moved into the public’s eye when Mark McGuire admitted to using it during his MLB home run record chase during 1998. Creatine has been proven, in mo