The most effective supplements to combine with conditioning training 💊✅
Supplements that work best in applied athlete settings.
Dietary Supplement Strategies During Conditioning Training in Athletes: A Network Meta-Analysis of Peak and Mean Anaerobic Power, VO2max, and Endurance Performance
Study Details
This new meta-analysis compiled data from 30 trials (693 athletes undergoing training programmes) to establish the effects of various supplements on…
⚡️ Peak Power
💥 Mean Anaerobic Power
🫀 VO2max
🫁 Endurance
Here is what they found ⬇️
Key Findings
The most effective supplements for peak power outcomes were…
🥇 Protein (SMD: 0.85)
🥈 Creatine (SMD: 0.62)
🥉 HMB (SMD: 0.60)
4️⃣ Beta-alanine (SMD: 0.58)
…all more effective than placebo
For mean power…
🥇 Beta-alanine (SMD: 0.75)
🥈 Protein (SMD: 0.74)
🥉 Creatine (SMD: 0.74)
4️⃣ HMB (SMD: 0.45 = only moderate improvement)
🥤 Endurance only improved with protein supplementation (SMD: 0.99)
❌ No supplement affected VO2max
Conclusion
Protein supplementation appears to be the most effective strategy for enhancing multiple aspects of athletic performance 🏆
With creatine and beta-alanine in second and third place 👏
…and HMB being “effective” but coming in 4th place outside the podium places 👍
Reference
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41323837/
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