SOURCE-LINKED STUDY SUMMARY
Impact of beetroot juice ingestion on upper- and lower-body muscular endurance in resistance-trained females: A randomized, double-blind, crossover study.
Abstract summarizedQuality not appraised
- What was studied
- A crossover trial tested whether beetroot juice increased repetitions to failure.
- Who / model studied
- Sixteen resistance-trained women.
- Studied dose & schedule
- Juice with 12.8 mmol nitrate, placebo with 0.92 mmol, or no drink, 2.5 hours before bench and leg press at 60% of maximum.
- What the study found
- Bench repetitions were 56.0 with nitrate versus 58.9 with placebo; leg-press repetitions were 79.3 versus 80.4. Differences were not significant. Exertion, heart rate, blood pressure and lactate also did not improve.
- Limitations & context
- Small acute study with substantial variability; does not rule out other nitrate regimens or exercise contexts. Abstract assessment; adverse-event counts unavailable.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.1177/02601060261497497