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Open Access
01-09-2008 | Poster presentation
Effects of beta-alanine supplementation on exercise performance during a competitive wrestling season: an 8-week open label pilot study
Authors:
Benjamin Kern, Tracey L Robinson, Anssi H Manninen
Published in:
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
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Special Issue 1/2008
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Excerpt
The goal of wrestlers during a competitive season is to maintain or lose body weight without compromising athletic performance. However, some studies have reported decrements in exercise performance associated with weight loss and/or the strain of a competitive season. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to examine the effects of 8 week beta-alanine (β-ala) supplementation on exercise performance in Division II collegiate wrestlers during a competitive season. …