Beta-Alanine and Improved Power-Related Outcome

• Dosing strategies for β-alanine supplementation in strength and power performance: a systematic review.

  • 2025-09-25
  • Systematic Review · n = 197
  • Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 22(1)
  • • Si-Wei Ong
    • Wei-Ling Chen
    • Kuei-Yu Chien
    • Chih-Wen Hsu

  • PubMed: 40995761
  • DOI: 10.1080/15502783.2025.2566368

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Power-Related Outcome

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  studies that used high total doses but relied on sustained-release formats, single large servings, or training protocols with limited metabolic stress such as low volume or long rest intervals often failed to show improvements in performance.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  high total doses in sustained-release formats, single large servings