USE OF CREATINE PYRUVATE FOR INCREASING STAMINA DURING HIGHLY INTENSIVE INTERMITTENT PHYSICAL EXERTION

The invention relates to the use of creatine pyruvate for increasing stamina during highly intensive intermittent physical exertion. Said use is to be applied in particular during short-term intensive muscular exertion and/or muscular exertion of short-duration and/or that is repeated in short intervals, preferably during sprinting and sporting performances in running disciplines and during exercises using sports equipment provided with rollers, wheels or sliding surfaces, in addition to during raising, pulling and/or lifting movements of the extremities and the neck. The invention relates in particular to variants, in which muscular exertion is maintained for between 0.1 seconds and 5 minutes and/or during which the muscular exertion is carried out with a frequency of between 0.1 and 600 minutes. In the latter variant, the muscular exertion can increase with each interval. The creatine pyruvate is administered in the required application in daily doses of between 500 mg and 30 g and in particular over a period of between 1 day and 12 weeks in powder, lozenge, capsule or coated tablet form, in liquids and also as a food supplement or functional food.