Papers/PMID:40431460
Short-Term Beetroot Juice Supplementation Enhances Strength, Reduces Fatigue, and Promotes Recovery in Physically Active Individuals: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Trial.
Nutrients2025The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
What it reported
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1 finding
Beta vulgaris — increases repetitions to failure at a fixed relative load
LimitedEvidence strength: limited. Human evidence with several recorded weaknesses, or a design that tops out at limited.Finding“BJ was reported to have significant higher repetitions compared to the PLA at 60% and 80% RM in the first session (p = 0.0104 and 0.0069, d = 0.95 and 096, respectively).”
Quoted verbatim from Short-Term Beetroot Juice Supplementation Enhances Strength, Reduces Fatigue, and Promotes Recovery in Physically Active Individuals: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Trial.. - Study
- crossover
- Duration
- 1 day
- Dose
- 15 g beetroot powder (450 mg nitrate) in 900 mL placebo juice 2 h before testing
- Population
- Physically active, resistance-trained young men; back squat to failure, at 60% and 80% of 1RM only, first session only
Short-Term Beetroot Juice Supplementation Enhances Strength, Reduces Fatigue, and Promotes Recovery in Physically Active Individuals: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Trial.2025PMID:40431460Industry fundedPermalink