1Assistant Professor, LNIPE, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
2Professor, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, (C.G.), India
3Sports Officer, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anjora, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
Online published on 18 February, 2017.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of Nitrate Supplementation in a form of beetroot juice on one km time trial performance of University runners. Thirty trained distance runners (15 males and 15 females) were selected for the present study. Fifteen subjects were randomly assigned to one of the two groups. The Experimental Group consumed 250 ml Nitrate rich beetroot juice daily for fifteen days and the Control Group did not consume any juice. Both the groups underwent a regular athletics training programme. All the subjects were tested for one km time trial performance before Nitrate Supplementation of beetroot juice and after fifteen days of Nitrate Supplementation of beetroot juice in order to find out the effects of Nitrate supplementation on one km time trial performance. Descriptive Statistics and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used. The level of significance was set at 0.05 level. Present study demonstrated that fifteen days of Nitrate Supplementation was proved to be effective (‘f’ value of 5.510 p <.05) in enhancing one km time trial performance of experimental group.
Nitrate Supplementation, beetroot juice, one km time trial, trained distance runners
