Article: Baking Powder Increases Reps

Sodium bicarbonate is baking soda. Baking powder is a different substance made up of baking soda, an acid, and some starch.
 
Just a dumb ass post. Plenty of other more reasonable methods of increasing endurance that are much more agreeable then downing 24g of baking soda.
 
you beat me to it, thats the first thing I thought of
 
Yeah i work with these guys....its not the best study but it was done by a few grad students who are studying the physiology of high volume exercise routines.

The intended goal was to see if somehow buffering/limiting the buildup of lactic acid in the muscular system would somehow increase the subjects ability to lift more weight.

NaHCO3 was used because of its relatively safe use and its ability to act as buffer and neutralize acids. The only complaints issued by the subjects were constipation, mild/moderate stomach distension, and upset stomach. This is all probably due to the large amount of gas created with an acid/base reaction.

Im legally not allowed to say what the next phase od the study is but they will be using this data to proceed with the next (main) phase of studies that will involve a double blind placebo-control study
 
I started burping just reading this.

And, MANotaur, what does having 'a large amount of ass' have to do with this?

:)
 
MANotaur said:
Yeah i work with these guys....its not the best study but it was done by a few grad students who are studying the physiology of high volume exercise routines.

The intended goal was to see if somehow buffering/limiting the buildup of tactic acid in the muscular system would somehow increase the subjects ability to lift more weight.

NaHCO3 was used because of its relatively safe use. The only complaints issued by the subjects were constipation, mild/moderate stomach distension, and upset stomach. This is all probably due to the large amount of ass and created with an acid/base reaction.

Im legally not allowed to say what the next phase od the study is but they will be using this data to proceed with the next (main) phase of studies that will involve a double blind placebo-control study
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interesting, thanks for the info Man!
 
I've heard of this several times now. It's good to see some collegiate level research going on about this type of supplementation. I've read that paired with creatine supplementation the sodium bicarbonate increases lifting capacity even more than with either compound alone. More needs to be done before I start throwing it in my mix though...
 
MANotaur said:
Im legally not allowed to say what the next phase od the study is but they will be using this data to proceed with the next (main) phase of studies that will involve a double blind placebo-control study
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I'm guessing it will be Invalid Link Removed but with weight training.
 
masonic said:
Sodium bicarbonate is baking soda. Baking powder is a different substance made up of baking soda, an acid, and some starch.
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I was thinking the same thing. Doesn't help the credibility of this article.
 
Vengeance187 said:
I'm guessing it will be Invalid Link Removed but with weight training.
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SWIM may have heard somewhere in my department of hear say about a study that is reasonabley similar to that one....

But i can't say for certain obviously..its all rumors. And if i want my my position at the school then i can neither deny nor affirm that suggestion ;-)
 
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