The effect of beetroot juice supplementation on repeat-sprint performance in hypoxia |
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| Authors: | Georgina L Kent Brian Dawson Lars R McNaughton Gregory R Cox Louise M Burke Peter Peeling |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Human Sciences (Exercise and Sport Science), The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia;2. Sport and Exercise Science, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK;3. Department of Sport and Movement Studies, Faculty of Health Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa;4. Sports Nutrition, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia;5. Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia;6. High Performance Service Centre, Western Australian Institute of Sport, Claremont, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This investigation assessed the effect of dietary nitrate (NO3?) supplementation, in the form of beetroot juice (BR), on repeat-sprint performance in normoxia and normobaric hypoxia. 12 male team-sport athletes (age 22.3 ± 2.6 y, VO2peak 53.1 ± 8.7 mL.kg?1.min?1) completed three exercise trials involving a 10 min submaximal warm-up and 4 sets of cycling repeat-sprint efforts (RSE; 9 × 4 s) at sea level (CON), or at 3000 m simulated altitude following acute supplementation (140 mL) with BR (HYPBR; 13 mmol NO3?) or NO3–depleted BR placebo (HYPPLA). Peak (PPO) and mean (MPO) power output, plus work decrement were recorded during the RSE task, while oxygen consumption (VO2) was measured during the warm-up. There were no significant differences observed between HYPBR and HYPPLA for PPO or MPO; however, work decrement was reduced in the first RSE set in HYPBR compared with HYPPLA. There was a moderate effect for VO2 to be lower following BR at the end of the 10 min warm-up (ES = 0.50 ± 0.51). Dietary NO3? may not improve repeat-sprint performance in hypoxia but may reduce VO2 during submaximal exercise. Therefore, BR supplementation may be more effective for performance improvement during predominantly aerobic exercise. |
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| Keywords: | Dietary nitrate team sport altitude oxygen consumption |
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