Why haven't you been told about this 87 cent muscle building miracle?
It's weird, but true.
Just a few teaspoons of ordinary, dirt-cheap baking soda can increase muscle gains by 27%!
You can buy an entire box of baking soda for about 87 cents. And it just might be more effective than those $100 a bottle supplement scams crowding the shelves at your local vitamin shop. So you can imagine the supplement company CEO's will be none too pleased with this article.
But here is the PROOF:
Study #1: 25 grams of baking soda consumed 60 minutes prior to a bodybuilding-style workout results in a 22 rep increase.
In this study, researchers gathered a group of male athletes with prior weight training experience.
Half of the group received a placebo. The other half consumed 25 grams of baking soda.
Then they were put through a grueling quad workout: 4 sets of 12 barbell squats, 4 sets of 12 on the leg press and 4 sets of 12 on the leg extension.
RESULTS: The guys that consumed the baking soda knocked out an average of 22 more reps! As you probably already know, more reps equals more muscle.
Bigger muscles with baking soda?
Source: Carr BM, Webster MJ, Boyd JC, Hudson GM, Scheett TP. Sodium bicarbonate supplementation improves hypertrophy-type resistance exercise performance. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2012 Sep 4.
Study #2: 25 grams of baking soda boosts 1 rep max by 27% in 60 minutes
In this study, researchers took a group of male athletes with prior weight training experience. Again, half the group got the placebo.
The other half consumed 25 grams of baking soda 60 minutes before their workout.
RESULTS: The group that consumed the baking soda improved their one rep max by a whopping 27% on the barbell squat, and a modest 6% on the bench press.
Baking soda could increase your max bench by 10 to 18lbs in 60 minutes.
Source: Duncan MJ, Weldon A, Price MJ. The effect of sodium bicarbonate ingestion on back squat and bench press exercise to failure. J Strength Cond Res. 2013 Oct 11.
But what if you're not a bodybuilder trying to get bigger, or a strength athlete trying to get stronger? No worries. Baking soda can boost performance for endurance athletes too. (This is especially relevant for crossfitters or anyone who trains with bodyweight exercises.) Check it out...
Study #3: Baking soda improves time to failure by 34% in high intensity interval cardio workouts.
Baking soda boosts performance for endurance
athletes and crossfitters too.
Scientists recruited a group of trained, college-aged men. Again, half got a placebo. Half got baking soda.
The students did 3 high intensity workouts per week for 6 weeks.
RESULTS: The baking soda improved their performance times by 28% after 3 weeks and a whopping 34% after 6 weeks.
As an added bonus, the baking soda group saw a "significant increase in lean muscle mass."
Source: Jourkesh, Ahmaidi, Keikha, Sadri, Ojagi: Effects of six weeks of sodium bicarbonate supplementation and high-intensity interval training on endurance performance and body composition. Annals of Biological Research, 2011, 2 (2) : 403-41
Ready to try baking soda for yourself and see if this ordinary and inexpensive supplement can take your physique and performance to the next level? Then here's the big question...
Baking Soda: When to take it and exactly
how much to take
After reviewing over 30 clinical studies on the performance and physique improving effects of baking soda, I decided to try it for myself.
The results were almost too good to be believed.
I documented everything from my experiment. Including...
- Exactly when to take baking soda for best results
- How much baking soda to use
- Important "taste tips" and a crucial warning you must read before consuming baking soda
I put everything into an quick, easy-to-read report and it's yours FREE as a thank you for visiting my website.
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FREE REPORT: The Baking Soda Protocol
When to take baking soda and exactly
how much to take
After reviewing over 30 clinical studies on the performance and physique improving effects of baking soda, I decided to try it for myself.
The results were almost too good to be believed.
I documented everything from my experiment. Including...
- Exactly when to take baking soda for best results
- How much baking soda to use
- Important "taste tips" and a crucial warning you must read before consuming baking soda
I put everything into an quick, easy-to-read report and it's yours FREE as a thank you for visiting my website.
Thanks for reading this article. My name is Matt Marshall. I'm a Certified Personal Trainer and founder of Fitness Under Oath. I help regular people get ridiculously fit. Be sure to grab your FREE copy of The Baking Soda Protocol above.