Beta-Alanine and Improved Isotonic 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 Isotonic Strength Endurance

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  nor for the total number of repetitions performed in the isotonic endurance tests (leg or bench press).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  6.4 g/day