Extreme Endurance vs Beta Alanine

Buffering Lactic Acid(that burn)

Extreme Endurance vs. Beta Alanine - The Facts

Athletes and everyday gym goers are constantly asking what is the best way to help prevent lactic acid 
build-up. No one who puts in hours of training wants to feel that muscle burn in the middle of an event. We have all felt it. Your mind says to keep working hard, but your muscles reply, “I can’t take any more”. The lactic acid has caught up and is causing you pain. 

What is Lactic Acid and Body Acid?

Every athlete, actually everyone should know about proper pH balance. PH balance is critical to top athletic performance. PH is measured on a 14 point scale. The lower pH value range, such as stomach acid could average between 1.0 to 3.0. A pH value of 7 is neutral. The arterial blood pH value of a healthy human ranges around 7.35 to 7.45, which is slightly alkaline. As our body uses fuel and metabolizes food, we produce acid waste, which is part of the process of energy release from the breakdown of glucose. The body has numerous ways to remove this acid waste or try to neutralize this acid buildup. Our kidneys filter blood and excrete acids through urine. Our lungs release carbon dioxide and we sweat acids out of our skin. We also have built in acid buffers to help neutralize pH imbalances like calcium, hemoglobin and phosphorous to name a few. 

Your body's acid concentration increases as you produce lactic acid. Lactic acid is split into lactate (lactate ions) and hydrogen ions. H+ (hydrogen ions) is the acid in lactic acid. Lactate is good and is an extremely fast fuel that is preferred by the heart and muscles during exercise. Lactate is vital for ensuring that your body gets a steady supply of carbohydrates. H+ (hydrogen ions), the other half of lactic acid is not good, especially when the acid concentration exceeds the body's ability to no longer neutralize or flush the waste from your body. 

What can be taken to neutralize the H+ or bad lactic acid? What is safe and effective? And can it be proven?

Beta Alanine, found in numerous sports nutrition products, has been the “go to” ingredient for many athletes for years. The belief is it buffers lactic acid. It does not.

Beta-alanine, in itself, is not a buffer. It is a non-essential amino acid. It first must 
be synthesized to carnosie. Carnosie is the dipeptide that functions as a buffer, 
not beta-alanine. We call beta-alanine the “snail’s pace” to buffering acid. It is 
old technology and it can take up to 4-10 weeks to get in your system.

Extreme Endurance buffers the hydrogen ions (H+) within 48-72 hours. It is a revolutionary new technology to buffer acid and reduce muscle damage. It is not one ingredient that targets the H+ but it is the combination of ingredients and the delivery system that makes this so effective in buffering and also repairing microscopic muscle tears to quicken recovery, reduce muscle soreness and has been clinically proven to work in numerous studies.

Extreme Endurance had it’s first third party clinical done on the formula in 2007. Third party means that Extreme Endurance did not know the testing facility. They had no influence over any aspect of the testing other than writing the protocol. This Gold Standard, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 22 elite athletes, published in the Clinical Nutrition Supplements Journal, shows a 10-day usage reduced lactic acid by 15% and increased aerobic threshold by double digits. Hard to believe - but it intrigued the lead researcher to the extent he paid for his own additional study to find out if the longer an athlete stayed on Extreme Endurance, the greater their scores. He confirmed his suspicions. 

Testing has not stopped with this one study. Further testing by Xendurance confirmed not only does Extreme Endurance reduce lactic acid by 15%, but it also reduces CK (Creatine Kinease) levels by 63% . High levels of CK are associated with muscle tears and muscle trauma. Extreme Endurance provides a way to greatly reduce this condition. This study proved that less muscle trauma means less muscle soreness and a much quicker recovery time, which is a game changer in any sport.

2nd Extreme Endurance Clinical Study (2016) JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC ENHANCEMENT:

Dr. David Bellar, Director of the School of Kinesiology, and Jason Soileau M.S., CSCS, from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, conducted a double-blind, placebo controlled, crossover study with 16 active males that assessed the total effects of Extreme Endurance during exercise. Their findings? An astounding 26% Reduction in Lactic Acid, 39% Reduction in Oxidative Stress and a 6x lowering of Creatine Kinase Levels.

More details can be found by reading their study published in the Journal of Athletic Enhancement listed below. Here is a summary of their findings:  The Effects of 10 Days of Extreme Endurance on Performance, Buffering Capacity during Exercise and Post Exercise Muscle Damage, Oxidative Stress and Inflammation.

The clinical evidence may have you wondering why you haven’t heard about Extreme Endurance. If this sports nutrition product is so effect at combating what many athletes work hard to avoid, why haven’t more people heard about it? 

Many have, but they are not telling you. Why would they? Why tell your competitors that you have the solution for not cramping up at mile 22? Why broadcast that you can swim the world’s fastest 100-meter anchor leg and not tighten up and win a Gold medal? Why tell anyone you can play game after game in the World Cup and still have fresh legs? Why don’t Cross functional World Champions talk about their use of Extreme Endurance? It is because they like being on top of the podium. Why give your competitors the edge.

Extreme Endurance will start buffering lactic acid within 48-72 hours, not 4-10 weeks. It has no side effects. You do not have to worry about getting a tingling sensation. Your VO2 max will increase. And you might like the price comparisons along with setting new PR’s. Extreme Endurance was also the first US sports nutrition product certified drug-free for banned substances by Informed Choice and Informed Sport. 

Lastly, you do not need to take any Beta-alanine product if you use Extreme Endurance.

Here is the comparison you need to know

 Beta Alanine: 

1) 4-10 Weeks beta alanine in large dosage necessary for loading (4-6g/day)

2) Side effects like parathesia (tingling). Effects sensory neurons of the skin

3) Buffers acid through increased production muscle carnosine 

4) No effects on decreasing muscle trauma or soreness

5) No effects on VO2 max

VS

Extreme Endurance:

1) Works within 48 to 72 hours, not 4 to 10 weeks

2) Reduce muscle soreness

3) Decreases CK levels (muscle trauma).

4) Reduce muscle burn and pain

5) Faster recovery 

6) Increases lactate threshold in turn resulting in increased VO2 max 

7) NO side effects

References:

Wim Derave, Inge Everaert, Sam Beeckman and Audrey Baguet

Sports Med 2010; 40(3): 247-263, 0112-1642/10/0003-0247

Muscle Carnosine Metabolism and B-Alanine Supplementation in Relation to Exercise and Training. 

Phillip M Berringer, Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, B-Alanine Supplemenation For Athletic Performance: An Update, vol 28, number 6, June 2013

Laura Blancquaert, Inge Everaert, and Swim Derave, co-clinicalnutrition.com

Vol 18, number 1, January 2015

G. Kellermayr, S Kellin, J Greilberger, M Lamprecht, Clinical Nutrition Supplements, vol 5, supplement 1, 2010, Supplementation with athletic performance formula decreases lactate concentrations in trained athletes after exhausting incremental cycle ergometer test