NCT03708185

Beta-alanine Supplementation and High-intensity Interval Training

Does Beta-alanine Supplementation Augment the Skeletal Muscle Adaptive Response to 8 Weeks of High-intensity Interval Training

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Exeter · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The present study will seek to quantify whether a period of HIIT alongside β-alanine supplementation will improve the adaptation to training, and therefore performance, more than a period of HIIT alone.

Detailed description

Whilst high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a powerful stimulus to increase endurance exercise performance, there are potential nutritional interventions that can be put in place to further increase performance gains. Energy for the contraction of muscles is created in the mitochondria. HIIT can improve the function of mitochondria, therefore improving performance. Β-alanine is a commonly used supplement that can improve exercise performance by increasing the amount of carnosine in muscle. Carnosine has many functions that may help improve exercise capacity. The present study will seek to quantify whether a period of HIIT alongside β-alanine supplementation will improve the adaptation to training, and therefore performance, more than a period of HIIT alone.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Beta-alanine	N/A: see arm description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	N/A: see arm description

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-04
• Primary completion: 2019-12-20
• Completion: 2021-06-28
• First posted: 2018-10-17
• Last updated: 2021-09-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom