Effects of Acute Glycerol Ingestion on Performance, Metabolic and Biochemical Markers in International Athletes
Performance Enhancing Product Use, Change, Body Weight, Change, Body Temperature
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Performance Enhancing Product Use focused on measuring Power, Performance, Thermography, Metabolism, Endurance Sport, Ergogenic Aids, Oxygen uptake, Hydration, Hyperhydration
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Be an international athlete with the Spanish national athletics team.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Are smokers or regular alcohol drinkers,
- Have a metabolic, cardiorespiratory or digestive pathology or anomaly,
- Have an injury in the prior 6 months
- Are supplementing or medicating in the prior 2 weeks
- Have non-normal values in the blood analysis parameters.
Sites / Locations
- Research Center for High Performance Sport. Catholic University of Murcia
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
No Intervention
Placebo Comparator
Experimental
CONTROL
PLACEBO (PLA)
GLYCEROL (GLY)
In this phase of the study, the rectangular test will be performed in conditions of 16°C and 25-30% humidity, intaking 26 mL/kg/body weight of water one and a half hours before the test.
In this intervention, subjects will perform the rectangular test at 28°C and 25-30% humidity, ingesting 26 mL/kg/body weight of water and placebo one and a half hours before the test.
In this intervention, subjects will perform the rectangular test at 28°C and 25-30% humidity, ingesting 1.2 g + 26 mL/kg/body weight of water one and a half hours before the test.