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BETA-X improves climbing endurance by buffering against fatigue-inducing acidosis in muscles. The primary ingredient in BETA-X, Beta-alanine, is a naturally occurring amino acid that is the precursor to a critically important di-peptide called carnosine. Carnosine’s primary function in muscle is to buffer hydrogen ions (H+) – primarily in fast twitch muscle fibers.
Hydrogen ions are a byproduct of muscle contraction from the breakdown of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) - the cellular fuel that powers muscles. This training induced increase in H+ is called metabolic acidosis. The more H+ that is generated the more acidic your muscles cells become. When this happens muscles start to burn and rapid exhaustion occurs.
Carnosine buffers the hydrogen ions that make your muscles burn. BETA-X increases carnosine concentration in muscle tissue and primarily in the fast twitch muscle fibers that produce the majority of the muscle's explosive force.
With BETA-X’s ability to significantly increase fast twitch muscle fiber carnosine concentrations, your muscles experience a dramatic increase in H+ buffering during intense effort. This allows you to delay muscle fatigue. BETA-X also increases carnosine in slow twitch muscle fibers for greater aerobic muscular endurance.
In relatively simple terms that is how BETA-X gives you such incredible results. But what do the actual studies reveal? What translates from the lab to climbing?
Studies show supplementing with the active component in BETA-X actually hyper-saturates your muscles with available carnosine. The first day you start taking BETA-X muscle carnosine concentrations start to rise. You’ll start seeing and feeling results in just a few days. And these concentrations keep rising the longer you take BETA-X. In just 28-days, studies show you’ll increase your muscle carnosine concentrations by 65.8%!
BETA-X, without question, is one of the most potent supplements for supporting and increasing muscular strength and endurance. It’s a real performance enhancer. And one you definitely shouldn’t train without!
Special Note:
Beta-alanine can cause a tingling and flushing effect on the skin called paraesthesia. While this normal and nothing to be concerned, some users find this affect uncomfortable. BETA-X is formulated to be slowly released over 4 to 6 hours which greatly reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the tingling and flushing sensation many users experience during the delivery of beta-alanine to your muscles.
Suggested Use:
Studies reveal a “tissue saturation phase” may be the best way to take BETA-X to load your muscles with higher carnosine concentrations. Once loaded you maintain these concentrations with a lower dose.
Muscle Tissue Saturation PhaseWeek 1 through 4 take 2 BETA-X caplets 3 times per day (every 4 to 6 hours).
Muscle Tissue Support PhaseWeek 5 and beyond – take one (1) BETA-X caplet 3 times per day (every 4 to 6 hours).
Staff Review:
"Beta-Alanine is probably the most effective stand-alone endurance supplement on the market. The main issue with Beta-Alanine has always been the strange yet harmless skin-tingling and flushing side effect that, for some people (myself included), is borderline unbearable. However, AST's Beta-X provides time-release Beta-Alanine which all but eliminates the tingles. The saturation phase for Beta-Alanine is fairly long at 4 weeks, and somewhat tedious (2 pills 3x/day). However, the payoff is well worth the time commitment. Expect to see significant gains in aerobic capacity and vast improvement in endurance. What Creatine does for power, Beta-Alanine does for endurance. A supplement plan that includes AST's Micronized Creatine, AST's Beta-X and Redpoint Nutrition's CRANK Forearm Fuel is about a good as you can get."
