Effect of Beet Juice on Elite Swimmers.

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2020
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Objective: To investigate whether an acute intake of Beetroot Juice (BJ) improved performance factors in a repeated swimming effort at maximum speed in elite swimmers.

Methods: A total of 13 elite swimmers (6 girls and 7 boys) participated in this randomised, double-blind study. In 2 different trials, the swimmers ingested an injection of Beet-It (70 ml placebo (PL) or an injection of Beet-It 70 ml beetroot juice (BJ)) 3 hours before undergoing a 6x100m crawl intermittent maximal speed performance test.
Epistemonikos ID: 750da01fc1012ee24948824e78e4dc91224394ea
First added on: May 13, 2024