Effect of combined β-alanine and sodiumbicarbonate supplementation on cycling performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1545-1551

  Bellinger, Phillip M ^a   Howe, Samuel T ^a   Shing, Cecilia M ^a   Fell, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

cyclist; ergogenic; Highly trained; sodium bicarbonate

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; BICARBONATE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BETA-ALANINE; BICARBONATES; BICYCLING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SODIUM BICARBONATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863989507     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31824cc08d     Document Type: Article

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