Substance Abuse: Race Day Boost

Active Ingredients: Sodium Phostphate, Glutamine.
Designer Drug: Stay hard longer in the red zone.
How High?: Definitely works.

Sodium Phosphate is mentioned in the Cyclist Training Bible. Supposedly it coerces the hemoglobin in your blood to dump all of it's oxygen at the muscle. This provides a boost to top end aerobic metabolism. I would think that this would keep you from tapping into the anaerobic pathways until later into the effort. I used it for Opening Day at Kissen this year and I definitely felt stronger in the kilo and the keirin. Both red-zone anaerobic workouts. It carried over into the weight room too. I was pretty impressed with my workouts the week following the event.

The Glutamine thrown in is for general muscle repair. Glutamine is the primary amino acid that muscles are composed of. Having a little more glutamine in your diet well help you recover completely before a big race.

Cyclist Tranining Bible states that the effects diminishes upon continued supplementation and that it is best to use this only once or twice a season.