{"title":"Hemodynamic and Lactate Response to Exhaustive Exercise with L-Arginine Supplementation","authors":"M. Feeback, Bailey Reitsma","doi":"10.53520/jen2022.103114","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: To further understand the effects of L-arginine on both its ability to enhance lactate clearance and increase overall blood flow before, during, and after exhaustive anaerobic exercise.\nMethods: Twelve healthy male subjects between the ages of 18-25 first completed an initial visit where baseline data was recorded. Subjects completed three additional visits, in which they ingested either a placebo, two-gram or four-gram dose of L-arginine. Blood flow (BF) and lactate were recorded before ingestion of the treatment, 5 and 15-minutes post-ingestion prior to performing a push-up test to volitional fatigue. Immediately following the push-up test, BF and lactate were assessed and again 15-minutes post exercise.\nResults: Blood lactate did not differ across condition (p=0.569). Lactate clearance was not influenced by L-arginine when analyzing the Area Under Curve. Blood flow increased with ingestion of the four-gram dose while at rest (the 15-minute mark). Blood flow was also enhanced in the four-gram dose immediately after exercise at the 25-minute mark. \nConclusions: The data suggests that a four-gram dose of L-arginine plays a more significant role in blood flow than the clearance of lactate after exercise compared to a two-gram dose or placebo.","PeriodicalId":73743,"journal":{"name":"Journal of exercise and nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of exercise and nutrition","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.53520/jen2022.103114","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introduction: To further understand the effects of L-arginine on both its ability to enhance lactate clearance and increase overall blood flow before, during, and after exhaustive anaerobic exercise.
Methods: Twelve healthy male subjects between the ages of 18-25 first completed an initial visit where baseline data was recorded. Subjects completed three additional visits, in which they ingested either a placebo, two-gram or four-gram dose of L-arginine. Blood flow (BF) and lactate were recorded before ingestion of the treatment, 5 and 15-minutes post-ingestion prior to performing a push-up test to volitional fatigue. Immediately following the push-up test, BF and lactate were assessed and again 15-minutes post exercise.
Results: Blood lactate did not differ across condition (p=0.569). Lactate clearance was not influenced by L-arginine when analyzing the Area Under Curve. Blood flow increased with ingestion of the four-gram dose while at rest (the 15-minute mark). Blood flow was also enhanced in the four-gram dose immediately after exercise at the 25-minute mark.
Conclusions: The data suggests that a four-gram dose of L-arginine plays a more significant role in blood flow than the clearance of lactate after exercise compared to a two-gram dose or placebo.