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PLOS ONE
Volume 9, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104710
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- Federal University of Minas Gerais
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This study evaluated double blind ingestions of placebo (PLA) versus 6% carbohydrate (CHO) either as capsules (c) or beverage (b) during 60 km self-paced cycling in the heat (32 degrees C and 50% relative humidity). Ten well-trained males (mean +/- SD: 26 +/- 3 years; 64.5 +/- 7.7 kg and 70.7 +/- 8.8 ml.kg(-1).min(-1) maximal oxygen consumption) completed four separate 60 km time trials (TT) punctuated by 1 km sprints (14, 29, 44, 59 km) whilst ingesting either PLA(b) or PLA(c) or CHOb or CHOc. The TT was not different among treatments (PLA(b) 130.2 +/- 11.2 min, CHOb 140.5 +/- 18.1 min, PLA(c) 143.1 +/- 29.2 min, CHOc 137.3 +/- 20.1 min; P>0.05). Effect size (Cohen's d) for time was only moderate when comparing CHOb - PLA(b) (d = 0.68) and PLA(b) - PLA(c) (d = 0.57) whereas all other ES were 'trivial' to 'small'. Mean speed throughout the trial was significantly higher for PLA(b) only (P<0.05). Power output was only different (P<0.05) between the sprints and low intensity efforts within and across conditions. Core and mean skin temperatures were similar among trials. We conclude that CHO ingestion is of little or no benefit as a beverage compared with placebo during 60 km TT in the heat.
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