Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Sodium Bicarbonate Ingestion and Exercise Performance

An Update

  • Leading Article
  • Published:
Sports Medicine Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Brooks GA. Anaerobic threshold: review of the concept and directions for future research. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 17(1): 22–31, 1985

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chase PB, Kushmerick M. Effects of pH on contraction of rabbit fast and slow skeletal muscle fibers. Biohysics Journal 53: 935–946, 1988

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Costill DL, Verstappen F, Kuipers H, Janssen E, Fink W. Acid-base balance during repeated bouts of exercise: influence of HCO3. International Journal of Sports Medicine 5: 228–231, 1984

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Farrell PA, Wilmore JH, Coyle FF, Billings TE, Costill DL. Plasma lactate accumulation and distance running performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 11: 338–344, 1979

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Forster HV, Dempsey J, Thompson J, Vichuk E, de Pico G. Estimation of arteriol PO2, PCO2, pH, and lactate from arteriolised venous blood. Journal of Applied Physiology 32: 134–137, 1972

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • George KP, MacLaren DPM. The effect of induced alkalosis and acidosis on endurance running at an intensity corresponding to 4mM blood lactate. Ergonomics 31(11): 1639–1645, 1988

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hermansen L, Osnes J-B. Blood and muscle pH after maximal exercise in man. Journal of Applied Physiology 32(3): 304–308, 1972

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hood VL, Schubert C, Keller U, Muller S. Effect of systemic pH on pHi and lactic acid generation in exhaustive forearm exercise. American Journal of Physiology 255(24): F479–F485, 1988

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Horswill CA, Costill DL, Fink WJ, Flynn MG, Kirwan JP. Influence of sodium bicarbonate on sprint performance: relationship to dosage. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 20(6): 556–569, 1988

    Google Scholar 

  • Inbar O, Rotstein A, Jacobs I, Kaiser P, Dlin R. The effects of alkaline treatment on short-term maximal exercise. Journal of Sports Sciences 1: 95–104, 1983

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Johnson WR, Black DH. Comparison of effects of certain blood alkalinizer and glucose upon competitive endurance. Journal of Applied Physiology 5: 577–578, 1953

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jones NL, Sutton JR, Taylor R, Toews CJ. Effect of pH on cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses to exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology 43(6): 959–964, 1977

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Katz A, Costill DL, King DS, Hargreaves M, Fink WJ. Maximal exercise tolerance after induced alkalosis. International Journal of Sports Medicine 5: 107–110, 1984

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kindermann W, Keul J, Huber G. Physical exercise after induced alkalosis (bicarbonate or tris buffer). European Journal of Applied Physiology 37: 197–204, 1977

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Linderman JK, Fahey TD, Henderson S. The effects of sodium bicarbonate and pyridoxine-alpha-ketoglutarate (PAK) on short-term maximal exercise. International Journal of Sports Medicine 10: 376, 1989

    Google Scholar 

  • Linderman JK, Fahey TD, Lauten G, Brooker AS, Bird D. A comparison of blood gasses and acid-base measurements in arterial, arterialized-venous, and venous blood during short-term maximal exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology 61(4): 294–301, 1990

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mainwood GW, Worsley-Brown P. The effects of extracellular pH and buffer concentration on the efflux of lactate from frog sartorius muscle. Journal of Physiology 250: 1–22, 1975

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mainwood GW, Cechetto D. The effect of bicarbonate concentration on fatigue and recovery in isolated rat diaphragm muscle. Canadian Journal of Pharmacology 58: 624–632, 1980

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • McCartney N, Heigenhauser GJF, Jones NL. Effect of pH on maximal power output and fatigue during short-term dynamic exercise. Journal of Applied Physiology 55(1): 225–229, 1983

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • McKenzie DC, Coutts KD, Stirling DR, Hoeben HH, Kazara G. Maximal work production following two levels of induced metabolic alkalosis. Journal of Sports Sciences 4: 35–38, 1986

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • National Research Council. Recommended dietary allowances, 9th ed., National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1980

    Google Scholar 

  • Osnes J-B, Hermansen L. Acid-base balance after maximal exercise of short duration. Journal of Applied Physiology 32(1): 59–63, 1972

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Parry-Billings M, MacLarcn DPM. The effect of sodium bicarbonate and sodium citrate ingestion on anaerobic power during intermittent exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology 55: 524–529, 1986

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Roth DA, Brooks GA. Lactate and pyruvate transport is dominated by a pH gradient-sensitive carrier in rat skeletal muscle sarcolemmal vesicles. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 279(2): 386–394, 1990a

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Roth DA, Brooks GA. Lactate transport is mediated by a membrane-bound carrier in rat skeletal muscle sarcolemmal vesicles. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 279(2): 377–385, 1990b

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rupp JC, Bartels RL, Zuelzer W, Fox EL, Clark RN. Effect of sodium bicarbonate ingestion on blood and muscle pH and exercise performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 15: 115, 1983

    Google Scholar 

  • Sutton JR, Jones NL, Toews CJ. Effect of pH on muscle glycolysis during exercise. Clinical Science 61: 331–338, 1981

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Trivedi B, Danforth WH. Effect of pH on the kinetics of frog muscle phosphofruetokinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry 10: 4110–4114, 1966

    Google Scholar 

  • Wijnen S, Verstappen F, Kuipers H. The influence of intravenous NaHCC3-administration on interval exercise: acid-base balance and endurance. International Journal of Sports Medicine 5 (Suppl.): 130–132, 1984

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wilkes D, Gledhill N, Smyth R. Effect of induced metabolic alkalosis on 800-m racing time. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 15(4): 277–280, 1983

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physical Education, University of California, 103 Harmon Gymnasium, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA

    Jon Linderman & Thomas D. Fahey

  2. Department of Education, California State University, Chico, California, USA

    Jon Linderman & Thomas D. Fahey

Authors
  1. Jon Linderman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Thomas D. Fahey
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Linderman, J., Fahey, T.D. Sodium Bicarbonate Ingestion and Exercise Performance. Sports Med 11, 71–77 (1991). https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-199111020-00001

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-199111020-00001

Keywords

Search

Navigation