Anaerobic power responses to amino acid nutritional supplementation

Int J Sport Nutr. 1991 Dec;1(4):366-77. doi: 10.1123/ijsn.1.4.366.

Abstract

To examine the effect of a nutritional supplement (ATP-E) on high intensity exercise performance, 23 physically active males volunteered to perform six Wingate Anaerobic Power tests. Tests were performed prior to and at 14 and 21 days during ATP-E or placebo ingestion. The experiment followed a double-blind and random-order design. Twelve subjects (responders, R) showed an increase in preexercise blood ATP on Day 14 of ATP-E ingestion compared to control measures. The remaining 11 subjects (nonresponders, NR) had no change in preexercise blood ATP. Peak power and mean power were unchanged for both R and NR subjects across the exercise tests, but R experienced a decrease (p < 0.05) in immediate post-exercise plasma lactate on Day 14 of ATP-E testing compared to their control measures. NR had no change in peak plasma lactate at any time during the study. The results suggest that short-term high intensity exercise performance was maintained in R with less reliance on anaerobic metabolism, and that response was evident following 14 days of ATP-E ingestion.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / blood
  • Adult
  • Amino Acids / administration & dosage*
  • Anaerobiosis
  • Dietary Proteins / administration & dosage
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Erythrocyte Count
  • Exercise / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Lactates / blood
  • Lactic Acid
  • Male
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
  • Plasma Volume
  • Platelet Count

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Dietary Proteins
  • Lactates
  • Lactic Acid
  • Adenosine Triphosphate