Keely just ran 1:54 WR after slamming Maurten down 2hrs before race!!! She's a believer!
Yeah, Jake said in the podcast that tolerating lactate is his natural strength so he doesn't feel he gets much from it and the cost of not being able to measure his effort outweighs that. Whereas for others they may gain much more from it!
Sounds like OP might have shart himself at a local track meet and is now just bitter. Clearly the benefits of bicarb, particularly for efforts under 10 minutes, is well documented.
As someone familiar with elite athletes, I know they’ve stopped using bicarb.
Simply don't see it around at elite-level competitions anymore. Ask around yourself, and you'll find that the majority of pros and top collegians have just given up on it. It makes athletes feel bloated and unwell during races. Even worse in the summer as the thirst it brings on is unbearable.
Most elite level athletes have found that there are no true performance gains with bicarb. Maybe that's because they have already reached those physiological limits through training or natural talents.
Sounds like OP might have shart himself at a local track meet and is now just bitter. Clearly the benefits of bicarb, particularly for efforts under 10 minutes, is well documented.
Well documented, sure, but no studies done on the super elite or gender biases. As someone familiar with elite athletes, I know they’ve stopped using bicarb. More so on the female side. Anecdotally speaking, as that’s all we have for the super elite, there just doesn’t seem to be the buy in anymore as they haven’t noticed a difference in actual performance. Throw in the side effects, and it’s a no brainer. Especially for female athletes.
Down vote all you like, but that’s what’s happening on the ground at the highest level. It’s not an absolute, just an observation.
wow you really are immensely stupid. do you know all of the elite athletes under the sun? otherwise how do you know they've stopped taking it?
Simply don't see it around at elite-level competitions anymore. Ask around yourself, and you'll find that the majority of pros and top collegians have just given up on it. It makes athletes feel bloated and unwell during races. Even worse in the summer as the thirst it brings on is unbearable.
Most elite level athletes have found that there are no true performance gains with bicarb. Maybe that's because they have already reached those physiological limits through training or natural talents.
But I thought bicarbonate was the reason everyone is so fast?? What could it be of no one Is using bi carb?
The fact that it's not on the banned PED list means it has no benefit. You can rest assured the doping agencies have tested it and found no performance benefit. It's simply a placebo.
Water has benefits and it's not on the banned list either.
There are additional standards for banning a substance.
One is if its use by one athlete might endanger others. The argument here is that someone might be high and a little clumsy and might, for example, cause others running in a pack to trip (literally, not pharmacologically).
Another is that use of the substance can make an athlete a poor role model.
Both of these are silly in regards to cannabis, but those are the reasons. You can look it up on WADA's site.
Also, 1.21 gigawatts: A substance can be banned if it provides an unfair advantage in a given sport, even if it doesn't carry a health risk. For example, beta blockers are banned in archery and shooting because they slow the heart rate, and make it easier to get off your shot between heart beats (so that the pressure from a heart beat doesn't interfere with pulling the trigger/releasing the bow).
mann I can't miss hooping high. Completely disagree lol