Effects of β-alanine supplementation during a 5-week strength training program: a randomized, controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

β-Alanine (BA) is a non-essential amino acid that has been shown to enhance exercise performance. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if BA supplementation improved the adaptive response to five weeks of a resistance training program.

Methods

Thirty healthy, strength-trained individuals were randomly assigned to the experimental groups placebo (PLA) or BA. Over 5 weeks of strength training, subjects in BA took 6.4 g/day of BA as 8 × 800 mg doses each at least 1.5 h apart. The training program consisted of 3 sessions per week in which three different leg exercises were conducted as a circuit (back squat, barbell step ups and loaded jumping lunges). The program started with 3 sets of 40 s of work per exercise and rest periods between sets of 120 s in

SUBMITTER: Mate-Munoz JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5918575 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature