Olav Aleksander Bu

Let's say something like that and then take that with a grain of salt.

Let's say something like that and then take that with a grain of salt.

Now, would it be anything that increases nitric oxide? So that's the thing, because one thing that we don't see is we don't see these effects in elites, for example. And this is obviously one of the benefits when we do more longitudinal studies with such, let's say, granularity and in-depth measurements we do.

Now, would it be anything that increases nitric oxide? So that's the thing, because one thing that we don't see is we don't see these effects in elites, for example. And this is obviously one of the benefits when we do more longitudinal studies with such, let's say, granularity and in-depth measurements we do.

And one of the things we see there is that when they use beetroot concentrate, nitrates are considered an ergogenic aid. When you do all these measurements, you leave out the guesswork and we see, well, over all the testing we do, we have not seen a real effect, at least not on VO2max. Maybe other places, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on VO2max.

And one of the things we see there is that when they use beetroot concentrate, nitrates are considered an ergogenic aid. When you do all these measurements, you leave out the guesswork and we see, well, over all the testing we do, we have not seen a real effect, at least not on VO2max. Maybe other places, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on VO2max.

Because they're already optimized in that regard. Probably, or maybe there are other limiting factors instead. We were approached by a company that is called Plasmaid and they actually focus more on the other part of it. They say the catalysts that actually help because you have to convert nitrate into nitric oxide and there's a cost to this.

Because they're already optimized in that regard. Probably, or maybe there are other limiting factors instead. We were approached by a company that is called Plasmaid and they actually focus more on the other part of it. They say the catalysts that actually help because you have to convert nitrate into nitric oxide and there's a cost to this.

So what they did instead is that they made from pine bark extracts instead, they made adaptogen or they extract an adaptogen that helps catalyze this process. And the interesting thing with this at Uptick Gen is that, again, now we are a place we can just look at the observations and repeated observations over time, and we can't necessarily explain 100% yet, so it becomes more speculations.

So what they did instead is that they made from pine bark extracts instead, they made adaptogen or they extract an adaptogen that helps catalyze this process. And the interesting thing with this at Uptick Gen is that, again, now we are a place we can just look at the observations and repeated observations over time, and we can't necessarily explain 100% yet, so it becomes more speculations.

But from those, what we can only speculate or hypothesize is that what happens here when they use this plasma, it is that I remember when we got this first presented, I was thinking like, okay, we've tested nitric oxide or nitrate. It really didn't give any help. So why should this really give a help or basically give any, make a difference?

But from those, what we can only speculate or hypothesize is that what happens here when they use this plasma, it is that I remember when we got this first presented, I was thinking like, okay, we've tested nitric oxide or nitrate. It really didn't give any help. So why should this really give a help or basically give any, make a difference?

The interesting thing is that Christian and Gustav were quite positive. So they said, okay, fine, we're going to use this. We're just going to test it. We had a bunch of them laying around there and they said, okay, let's try it. I said, okay, fine. Gustav was the first one to say immediately that he felt it did something with his respiration. Also, it's a little bit the placebo as well of it.

The interesting thing is that Christian and Gustav were quite positive. So they said, okay, fine, we're going to use this. We're just going to test it. We had a bunch of them laying around there and they said, okay, let's try it. I said, okay, fine. Gustav was the first one to say immediately that he felt it did something with his respiration. Also, it's a little bit the placebo as well of it.

Like, okay, how much of this is placebo? How much of this is real? Like you get something new and say, oh, looking for something in your body. And Christian also, but he observed a little bit like a different effect to him. He felt more like he normally felt quicker ready for the next effort using this.

Like, okay, how much of this is placebo? How much of this is real? Like you get something new and say, oh, looking for something in your body. And Christian also, but he observed a little bit like a different effect to him. He felt more like he normally felt quicker ready for the next effort using this.

But I would say that these record measurements that we did came in the tail of when we started using this. And that was a little bit of shock because what we also saw at the same time was that the efficiency, so the biochemical efficiency in the body also went down. The interesting thing was the RQ was heavily on the CO2 side was slightly reduced. heavily increased.

But I would say that these record measurements that we did came in the tail of when we started using this. And that was a little bit of shock because what we also saw at the same time was that the efficiency, so the biochemical efficiency in the body also went down. The interesting thing was the RQ was heavily on the CO2 side was slightly reduced. heavily increased.

Tell folks what RQ is and what the reduction would imply. At the end, normally you would say that for a VO2 max test to be valid, one of the criteria is that you shouldn't meet 1.1 in RQ.

Tell folks what RQ is and what the reduction would imply. At the end, normally you would say that for a VO2 max test to be valid, one of the criteria is that you shouldn't meet 1.1 in RQ.