Beta-Alanine and Improved Isometric Strength Endurance

• Beta-alanine supplementation improves isometric, but not isotonic or isokinetic strength endurance in recreationally strength-trained young men.

  • 2018-06-15
  • RCT · n = 11
  • Amino acids 51(1)
  • • Diogo Bassinello
    • Vitor de Salles Painelli
    • Eimear Dolan
    • Manoel Lixandrão
    • Monique Cajueiro
    • Mariana de Capitani
    • Bryan Saunders
    • Craig Sale
    • Guilherme G Artioli
    • Bruno Gualano
    • Hamilton Roschel

  • PubMed: 29905904
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00726-018-2593-8

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Isometric Strength Endurance

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  Time-to-exhaustion during the isometric endurance test improved by ~ 17% in the BA group (p < 0.01), while PL remained unchanged.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  6.4 g/day