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.
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.
I always thought it wouldn't be useful past the mile, maybe not even the 800 for some runners for the reasons you list op. I could see it being useful at 3000 for elites and subelites.
I've read about it being used at longer distances though. Seems like the sick feeling it causes would override the positive effects at the longer distances though.
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.
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.
A substance has to pose risk your health to be considered a PED, otherwise all healthy foods such as beets and kale or whatever would be PEDs.
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.
My experience is that elite athletes are just as gullible as sub elite athletes, so I don't believe you.
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.
it's banned in horse racing though. (true story> though that's due to the method used by trainers to get the horse to ingest it.)
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).
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.
Just like coffee, eh? Or glutathione. Or Turmeric. Or creatine. Or....etc...etc
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.
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.
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.
It's probably mostly young posters who will disagree with you because they think bicarbonate is something new. Also, they will have zero interest in learning the actual physiology related to performance.