Either way I think it is worth thoroughly testing, and I am willing to pitch in 5$ for the kilo of beta alanine needed for CJ to test this.
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Shoot, if yāall are paying for the product, Iāll be a guinea pig. 
I jumped on board. I have more than 3.2G in my pre-workout so Iām going to take 3.2G mixed with my EAA Max (free plug) on non-training days. I have about a month until vacation (Vegas) and AthleanX relies heavily on endurance so we shall seeā¦
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Howās the AthleanX program treating you? Asking for a friend 
I absolutely love it. Every workout (literally every one) is different and I feel the best I have felt in years. I move betterā¦really good stuff. Iām doing AthleanX2ā¦and it took a little while to get used to but once you doā¦
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Alsoā¦watch Jeff Cavaliereās YouTube videosā¦the man knows his stuff.
Oh, FWIWā¦Iāve been taking 3.2 g BA every day for about a year and a half now. I split the dose over 1.6 g 2x/day (except for when I have my Total War on weekends 
), and I donāt really get the tingles anymore, even with a full 3.2g dose.
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Ah that was going to be my next question, whether or not you kept up with his videos. Great guy, personal favorite for info
How is that working out for you? And do you use the powder or pill form?
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I had contemplated the program for a while then heard him interviewed by Joe DeFranco (Industrial Strength Show Podcast) and was soldā¦Iām nearing the end of Month 2 of 3
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Bulk powder (mixed with my creatine and betaine). I canāt really say I noticed a night/day difference, but itās tough to track when its something that has to build up in your system. I wish I had a doppelganger to do a paired test 
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I believe that it is also contingent upon the type of training you are doing as well. The strength endurance aspect does appeal to me
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Hereās the study itself:
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The way I read the study, it sounds like carnosine synthesis occurs inside the body, not at the manufacturer. I bet Carnosynā¢ is just plain old [overpriced] BA, and not actually carnosine.
The effect of BA on performance has been attributed to its capacity to increase carnosine synthesis. Carnosine is a dipeptide composed of the amino acids BA and L-histidine [4]. As the organism is incapable of directly absorbing carnosine [1] and as it known that, unlike L-histidine, BA is able to increase muscular carnosine reserves [5], its ingestion is considered the limiting factor for muscular carnosine synthesis [4, 6]. In effect, the intake of 4.8ā6.4 g/day of BA over a period of 5ā6 weeks has been noted to increase muscular carnosine concentrations [7, 8].
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What I find most interesting is the daily consumption leading to increased results versus simply prior to training.
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Totally agree with that. I hate having BA in my pre. Since I take BA as part of my daily supp mix, I have to mix a special batch of my daily supp without BA for days that I use preās with BA in them. I suppose I could just take the extra BA dose that day, and not bother.
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Do you take that in pill form or liquid? I mentioned this earlier and I think it was Black Ball Nutrition that used to offer BA pills for daily consumptionā¦I only take it around workout but donāt mind the tingles.
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Found itā¦they were called Black Betas
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Powder. Each week I pre-weigh and make a cocktail of supps for daily intake (2x/day). I either have it pre-mixed with gatorade (or similar) or I just dump it into my shake/smoothie.
I was getting Now Foods BA, but apparently their 1 kg size is no longer available on Amazonā¦so Iāll probably go with Bulk Supplements when I need to restock.
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