Red Bull Study: PR Lotion & Power Output
Summary:
Amp Human, in collaboration with Red Bull High Performance and Exercising Nutritionally, LLC conducted a pilot study to explore the impact of PR Lotion on lower body power output during high-intensity exercise. That is, can PR Lotion help athletes produce more power (or produce more force faster)?
With the current COVID-19 health crisis, moving forward with the full study is on hold, but in the meantime, we wanted to share the preliminary results with our Amp Human community. The following overview is what we have learned so far and what we plan to do next.
The key findings that we will build upon include:
Athletes who used PR Lotion in a 5-Minute all-out cycle test after completing 2 Wingate exercises (cycling exercise that measures anaerobic power and anaerobic capacity) generated 6.7% more power than those who didn’t.
The same athletes generated considerably more ‘breakaway’ power during the initial 45 seconds of the exercise and were able to sustain the advantage throughout the full duration of the exercise.
The second study measured force, velocity, power, and total work while athletes performed leg extensions. Applying PR Lotion to one leg increased mean power output and peak power output during leg extension exercise in both legs, compared to athletes that were given the placebo.
Following the above; the most remarkable takeaway from the leg extension exercise is that the PR Lotion applied to one leg (the right leg) impacts the power output and weight lifted by both legs - meaning that PR Lotion application shows signs of a systematic effect i.e. absorption through the skin, into the bloodstream, with impact on all working muscles, vs only a localized effect.
Read the full study HERE.
