Sodium BicarbonateHold The BurnWADA LegalFDA RegisteredHydrogel BufferedMade In Palo Alto
Sodium BicarbonateHold The BurnWADA LegalFDA RegisteredHydrogel BufferedMade In Palo Alto
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During maximal effort, your muscles flood with hydrogen ions and your blood pH crashes. That acidosis — not your fitness — is what forces you to slow down. Sodium bicarbonate raises your buffer so the pH drop comes slower. You hold harder efforts, longer.
Bicarb keeps your blood closer to 7.1–7.2 during hard efforts instead of crashing to 6.9. That gap is the difference between dying in the third lap and holding your pace to the line.
Read the science →| Brand | Price / serving | Hydrogel | Ships US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurten Bicarb System | $17.50 | ✓ | ✓ |
| bicarb.shop | $6.75 | ✗ | ✓ |
| FLYCARB | $6.10 | ✓ | ✗ |
| BICARB.NET | $5.00 | ✓ | ✓ |
Bicarb works best taken before every hard session — a few times a week. That's where $17.50 a serving stops being a supplement and starts being a budget. Drag a season's worth of sessions and watch the gap open.
Same hydrogel science either way. The dose you can actually afford to repeat is the one that makes you faster.
A 60g sachet — 160 calories, 40g carbs, 19g of buffering power. Scroll through every gram.
Forms the hydrogel matrix that protects the bicarb — and fuels the effort with fast-absorbing carbohydrate.
The reason it works. Raises blood bicarbonate so your muscles hold out longer before acid forces you to slow.
Paired 2:1 with maltodextrin so your gut absorbs more carbohydrate per minute than glucose alone allows.
Actual fruit, ground fresh. The thing that makes 19 grams of baking soda genuinely drinkable.
Turns water into a thick protective gel that shields the bicarb from stomach acid until the small intestine.
Food-grade anti-caking agent. Keeps the blend free-flowing. That's the entire ingredient list.
"The bicarb from bicarb.net significantly improved my time from a 1:55 in the 800m to a 1:53 in the 800m, and I felt stronger toward the end of my race instead of dead and fighting lactic acid hard."
"Ran a 4:35 in practice two days after my first bag. My legs just didn't die in the third lap the way they usually do."
"Two months on bicarb before hard sessions and I tested at 4.2 w/kg. That's a different category of rider."
"Bicarb has greatly helped my performance in running. While taking bicarbonate I've consistently broken 10 minutes in the 2 mile. I credit all my recent successes to bicarb."
"I used Paul's bicarb playing tennis as the #1 varsity tennis player at Paly for the past 4 years. Paul is a dedicated man to his craft, and his product works wonders."
Batch 1 sold out at Paly Track. Batch 2.0 never made it out the door.
2.0 was going to be enteric-coated pellets — built to be a 1:1 of Maurten's Bicarb System at a fraction of the price. The pellets were made. Then, at the last moment, our supplier backed out and stole our deposit. Without them there was no way to ship 2.0, so it's been pulled for good — and with it, bicarb.net is closing.
There's no waitlist and no more batches. Batch 1 was the only run, and the athletes who raced on it made it count.