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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So, by mistake, i applied a one leg test at two different races. I had the to-go packets and got one leg lubed up and couldn’t find the packet for the second leg. I did, mid-race, actually notice a difference and remarked on it. Tried the opposite leg at the second race and again, felt a little diff…

From my understanding of their claimed mechanism, it is not local to a body part - ie the bicarbonate goes through the skin, into the blood, where it buffers (ie reacts with in a measured way) the H+ ions in the blood. It does not do anything in the muscles - I don’t think they even claim that. I …

I bought a tube of the new stuff and tried it out tonight for my scheduled ramp test. The test still hurt and I can’t say I felt anything different during the test. Result was what I expected. Post-test, the legs are feeling really good, but I can’t honestly remember how my legs normally feel aft…

This is partly true. Tests show the biproduct in blood and urine. So some circulates through the body, but a higher concentration of the bicarb remains where you apply it. Thus, their recommendation to apply it specifically where you want the effect.

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I’ve watched this before. The TLDR version is “So does it work? We don’t know” :grin:

I use it before hard workouts and seem to get good numbers. Just used it in a blind 20 minute Max effort (no looking at power or heart rate) on my TT bike and hit the same max as I can do on my road bike. Pretty great for me. AMP could absolutely be a placebo, but I’m sticking with it.

Any more updates to homebrew recipes and their effectiveness? Too cheap for $35/month :rofl:

The trick is that you really have to believe that the homebrew stuff works, otherwise it won’t work. The placebo (and nocebo) effect is real :slight_smile: If their patent ever goes through then we’ll know more about what the claimed mechanism is.

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