Originally Posted by Mealticket
Yes it does. No it's not. And no we don't get tested.
Take ANY sodium bicarbonate 30-45 minutes beforee sprint event and it will assist i your muscles performing @ a higher leverl for SLIGHTLY longer.
It doesn't chage your PH level like some of you are arguing; what it does is help buffer the lactic acid that your body produces;thuss letting you go alittle harder than normal.
Lactic acid is the by product of oxygen and energy being burnt in your body.
My lactic threshold is 178bpm. While i can perform for extended periods @ and above my lactic threshold, taking a buffer agent such as baking soda will help in short sprints where ATP is the main source for enbergy.
Seriously bro...how they gonna test for sodium....you don';t get tested for it, whoever told you that didn't know there ass from there elbow.
Go by some Cytomax drink mix, it's got a buffer agent in it allready; and so do abut 1/2 doxen drink mnixes on the market; none of which are on the WADA list!