Acute capsaicin supplementation increases crossfit performance
International Journal of Development Research
Acute capsaicin supplementation increases crossfit performance
Received 14th December, 2021; Received in revised form 11th January, 2022; Accepted 19th January, 2022; Published online 26th February, 2022
Copyright © 2022, Bruno S. Piconi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effect of capsaicin (CAP) supplementation on performance and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) during a CrossFit session. Ten well-trained CrossFit males completed CAP supplementation and placebo (PLA) treatment, in a randomized, double-blind, crossover experimental design. After the ingestion (45 min) of either the PLA (12 mg of starch) or 12 mg of CAP, subjects performed a CrossFit session including deadlift, hang power clean, and cleanand jerk exercises for a total of 17 min. A greater total number of repetitions were performed from CAP vs PLA (p=0.033, d=0.65) and RPE was significantly higher in PLA compared to CAP (p=0.001, d=0.51). The findings of the current study indicate that the increased number of total repetitions performed and reduced RPE may be due to the ergogenic properties of CAP to improving the performance of CrossFit competitors.
