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If you’ve been stuck trying to find a good pre-workout to effectively boost your workout regimen, but keep encountering the same pricey and mysterious supplements that claim to improve your workout tenfold, stop.
The most cost-effective and deceptively simple answer could be right under your nose. Or maybe right next to the flour – in your pantry, that is.
You’ve probably encountered baking soda (sodium bicarbonate/NaHCO3) while at your grandma’s house as she bakes you cookies. But did you know that this average white powder could be used to amp up your body before training when incorporated into your existing pre-workout, or even by itself?
So What Is A Pre-Workout?
In the world of the gym rat, pre-workout supplements have gained quite a bit of notoriety in regard to their effectiveness.
Is pre-workout a scam? Does coffee work just as well? Will a good pre-workout nootropically blow your mind? Will it turn you super-human?
The answers aren’t quite so simple. Let’s take a quick look at how pre-workout supplements function on a physiological level.
The main goal of any pre-workout is to increase the effectiveness of your training. Pre-workout supplements can give you a burst off energy, increase endurance and strength, and help increase muscle growth.
Popular pre-workout ingredients include beta-alanine, creatine, and even caffeine. Beta-alanine is an amino acid that turns into a composite necessary for muscle strength in the body. Creatine provides quick, usable energy for muscles during your workout, leading to long-term muscle growth and an increase in water weight. Caffeine, as most of us know, is a neurological stimulant that creates a feeling of energy and focus [1].
So basically, the primary role of a pre-workout is not to suddenly turn you into the incredible Hulk, but rather to increase your performance during your workout in order to create more long-term gains.
What Does Baking Soda Have To Do With Any Of This?
So where does baking soda come in exactly?
Multiple studies have been conducted showing that bicarbonate, a component of plain ol’ baking soda, can act on a molecular level as a switch to boost cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) production in the body.
But what is cAMP?
In your body’s endocrine system, signaling molecules like cAMP are necessary for the release and/or production of hormones. Testosterone, a reproductive steroid hormone, is produced when the secondary messenger cAMP signals inside of a cell that testosterone is needed. cAMP can be aided in its signaling process by cGMP (cyclic guanosine monophosphate), another nucleotide phosphate that acts in a synergistic manner to amplify the signal [2].
A pH that is too acidic can trigger the release of bicarbonate in your pancreas, which can also create cAMP. cAMP can also cause the release of a protein kinase enzyme that regulates molecular metabolism in androgen receptors. This means that the receptors for testosterone can become more sensitive, and therefore use more of the hormone [3].
Increased testosterone levels can not only increase energy, but also help your body create more muscle mass and also help you get more out of your workout.
Now that you know how cyclic AMP can affect testosterone levels, we can talk about the other benefits of baking soda. Sodium bicarbonate is a weak base, which means that in your body, it can act as a pH buffer to prevent the buildup of acidity. During your training, you might notice an uncomfortable cramping feeling in your muscles.
This is due to lactic acid buildup in your muscle cells. Lactic acid is a byproduct of fermentation in human cells and when built up, can cause a burning strain in your muscles that prevents you from being able to train to your maximum potential. By ingesting alkaline (basic) supplements, you can prolong your training time and avoid getting cut short by excess lactic acid [4].
Because lactic acid is caused by fermentation, its neutralization can trigger normal cellular respiration, therefore increasing oxygen uptake and consequently, boosting performance and training abilities during a high-intensity workout.
Why Baking Soda Instead Of Other Supplements?
As I’ve already pointed out, baking soda is cheap as hell. So you even if you’re not completely sold on the idea of using it as a supplement, it won’t put a huge dent in your wallet to try it out (baking soda averages around $2 per bag).
It’s also been proven to actually work. When comparing athletic performance after sodium bicarbonate supplementation and beta-alanine supplementation, a certain study with 24 male athletes showed that baking soda was exponentially more effective in increasing performance than beta-alanine [5].
Baking soda also has its place outside of pre-workout as a testosterone booster.
A great way to help your testosterone levels increase is by detoxifying your liver. The liver functions as the singular most concentrated area in your body for toxin storage, and yes, those toxins include alcohol and sugar. By fasting and removing any toxins through a strict diet, your liver can regain functionality.
Your liver is important for increasing HGH 9human growth hormone) utility as well as breaking down estrogen and testosterone-binding molecules. This increases the amount of testosterone available to androgen receptors in your body, and can contribute to growth of muscle mass.
A quick and effective way to detox your liver is by drinking copious amounts of water, and supplementing that with eating baking soda and spirulina algae only. This fasting detox works wonders in a day and can boost your testosterone levels incredibly [6].
Baking soda isn’t just a new trend that has popped up, either.
In tradition Asian medicinal practices, it has been used to reset the body to homeostatic hormone levels. Nitric oxide (NO), a neutral compound responsible for the regulation of function of the adrenal and endocrine systems, can be produced in alkaline environments. Low nitric oxide levels can stress the production of testosterone, and therefore cause thinning and graying of hair, as well as erectile dysfunction.
Ingesting baking soda can help prevent low nitric oxide levels, also boosting testosterone [7].
Using baking soda could have some serious impact on the way you train, and being that it’s barely two dollars a bag, why not give it a shot? It can boost your performance when taken as a pre-workout or along with another supplement like creatine, and can be used to detox your body in order to produce more testosterone.
