I purchased some and meh. It was a quick team ride and familiar route and still felt the normal burn at the usual hammer segs but maybe a tad less. Placebo effect or expecting some crazy no pain legs? I will definitely give it a another go Sunday at the CX race and report back. (controversial e…

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Let’s see if this thread takes off, from the link it looks like there are more + reviews. BTW, I have nothing to do with the company that sells it. As 47 year race guy I am looking for any easy advantages :rofl:

Been using it since it was called Topical Edge. Use it all the time for races - before and after and some hard group rides. Placebo or not, I’m about it.

It puts the lotion on the skin if ya want to win a race again. I rate this stuff, will be buying another tube.

Does the Auto Trader come with the lotion?[108978326_medium_1494301942]

I used a similar product, although slightly different mechanism. Instead of bicarb it is topical carnosine (think beta alanine) in a lab setting with lactate testing. For the two different tests, when using a buffering product, basically the first anaerobic effort was the highest during the series o…

I tried it. It’s messy. You are supposed to put it on long before the workout starts and I can’t figure out how to do that without getting it on everything my legs touch thereafter. Also, I can’t come up with any way to measure if it works. Less cramping? How do I know I would have had more cramp…

wait. I’m confused again. Are you supposed to eat the stuff? Or are the magic ingredients supposed to migrate through your skin into your muscles and blood stream?

The latter (through the skin). Do NOT eat it.

Amp Human? --put the lotion on--Thoughts?

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