Lemon & Lime Bicarb Drink

While our carbohydrate drinks are all about fuel, delivering fast-absorbing carbohydrates to keep your muscles supplied with energy, Bicarb works in a completely different way. Rather than fuelling muscles, they help them tolerate high-intensity efforts for longer.

During hard exercise, muscles produce hydrogen ions faster than the body can remove them. As these hydrogen ions accumulate, muscles become more acidic, contributing to that familiar burning sensation and making it harder to maintain pace or power output. Sodium bicarbonate increases the body's buffering capacity, helping remove hydrogen ions from working muscles and slowing the rise in acidity. This results in sustained high-intensity efforts for longer.

Dissolve your dosage of bicarb in water and take it 2 hours before the event starts. Sip over the space of 5 minutes. Do not use more than twice per week.

Raw bicarbonate is inherently a high-risk cause of GI distress, but we've worked diligently to create the perfect formula so it doesn't cause stomach issues. Using gelling agents and both sodium and potassium bicarbonate, we've devised the best formula for protecting bicarbonate in the stomach.

Dosing is weight-based, so there's no guesswork:

• 1.5 scoop serving for someone 40kg-50kg
• 2 scoop serving for someone who weighs 50kg-68kg
• 2.5 scoop serving for someone who weighs 68kg-80kg
• 3 scoop serving for someone who weighs 80-90kg+

(Do not exceed 2 servings (4 scoops) per week.

We recommend most people start with 2 scoops on their first time trying the OTE Bicarb Drink Mix.

(2 scoops) is the equivalent to 13.8g of sodium bicarbonate.

(3 scoops) is the equivalent to 20.6g of sodium bicarbonate.

Important: Food supplements should not be used as a substitute for a varied, balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle. Do not exceed the recommended daily/weekly intake. This product contains high levels of sodium and potassium, it may not be suitable for individuals with high or low blood pressure or heart conditions. Designed for healthy adults, consult your doctor before use if you're pregnant or have any pre existing medical conditions.

Studies have shown that bicarbonate supplementation can increase time to exhaustion during high-intensity efforts, as well as help sustain power output during endurance events.

Bicarbonate can be a very effective performance supplement, but it's definitely not for every athlete or every event. The athletes who tend to benefit most are those spending significant time at or above their lactate threshold, where acid accumulation becomes performance-limiting. 

The OTE bicarb drink is best suited to athletes looking to maintain performance during sustained or repeated high-intensity efforts, from track races and time trials to HYROX, triathlon and endurance competition.