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The effect of beetroot juice supplementation on repeat-sprint performance in hypoxia
Kent, Georgina L. Dawson, Brian McNaughton, Lars R. Cox, Gregory R. Burke, Louise Peeling, Peter
Kent, Georgina L.
Dawson, Brian
McNaughton, Lars R.
Cox, Gregory R.
Burke, Louise
Peeling, Peter
Abstract
This investigation assessed the effect of dietary nitrate (NO3−) supplementation, in the form of beetroot juice (BR), on repeat-sprint performance in normoxia and normobaric hypoxia. 12 male team-sport athletes (age 22.3 ± 2.6 y, VO2peak 53.1 ± 8.7 mL.kg−1.min−1) completed three exercise trials involving a 10 min submaximal warm-up and 4 sets of cycling repeat-sprint efforts (RSE; 9 × 4 s) at sea level (CON), or at 3000 m simulated altitude following acute supplementation (140 mL) with BR (HYPBR; 13 mmol NO3−) or NO3–depleted BR placebo (HYPPLA). Peak (PPO) and mean (MPO) power output, plus work decrement were recorded during the RSE task, while oxygen consumption (VO2) was measured during the warm-up. There were no significant differences observed between HYPBR and HYPPLA for PPO or MPO; however, work decrement was reduced in the first RSE set in HYPBR compared with HYPPLA. There was a moderate effect for VO2 to be lower following BR at the end of the 10 min warm-up (ES = 0.50 ± 0.51). Dietary NO3− may not improve repeat-sprint performance in hypoxia but may reduce VO2 during submaximal exercise. Therefore, BR supplementation may be more effective for performance improvement during predominantly aerobic exercise.
Keywords
dietary nitrate, team sport, altitude, oxygen consumption
Date
2019
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Journal article
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Journal of Sports Sciences
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37
Issue
3
Page Range
339-346
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Centre for Exercise and Nutrition
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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