Product Description
You've felt it. That burning sensation in your legs that forces you to back off right when PBs and peak performances happen. Most athletes assume that's just fitness — a limiter you train through over months. While that may be part of the equation, here's what the world's fastest athletes actually know: that burn is chemistry, and you can affect it.
Sodium bicarbonate has been one of the most proven legal performance supplements in endurance sport for decades — the problem was always getting it down without destroying your stomach in the process. That's what Bicarb 3.0 is all about.
Bicarb 3.0 is the everyday athletes version of the same acid-buffering system that's been quietly dominating podiums at the Olympics and World Championships.
Carb Matrix + Beadlet Delivery – Bicarb 3.0 uses a sodium alginate gel matrix to suspend micro-beadlets of sodium bicarbonate. That gel wraps and protects the bicarb from your stomach acid, guiding it into your small intestine where it absorbs cleanly — no gut bomb, no GI distress, just buffering capacity when you need it.
Weight-Based Dosing – The formula is dosed at 0.2–0.3g of sodium bicarbonate per kilogram of bodyweight — the clinically validated range. No guesswork. You match the dose to your weight and the system does the rest.
Proven at the Highest Levels – From NCAA Division I record holders to professional road runners, Bicarb 3.0 has been validated where the results are public and the stakes are real. Collegiate 800m runners breaking 1:46. Coaches reporting 1–3 second improvements per event. Athletes who tried the expensive alternative and came back.
How to Use Bicarb 3.0
Step 1: Pour the Carb Matrix into your jar.
Step 2: Add water to the fill line.
Step 3: Stir until the matrix forms. Add more water if you prefer it thinner.
Step 4: Add your personalized dose of bicarb pellets and gently stir.
Step 5: Spoon and swallow—remember, don’t chew the pellets. Sip water if needed!
When to Take It for Peak Performance:
Short Events (800m–5K): Take it 2 hours before start time.
Longer Events (30 minutes+): Take it 90 minutes before start time.
Dose: Take 15g, 19g, or 22g doses.
Notes: Start at the lower end of the dosing range (0.2g/kg) for your first use and test in training before race day. Limit to twice per week — this is a high-sodium product, so skip extra salt on days you take it. For most people, taking Bicarb with a small, easily digestible snack helps minimize GI discomfort. Avoid heavy meals within 2 hours of taking Bicarb.
Bicarb Dosing Guide
| Body Weight | Your Dose |
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| Up to 125 lb | 15 g |
| 126 – 150 lb | 19 g |
| 151 lb + | 22 g |
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Body weight in pounds • 0.3 g sodium bicarbonate per kg body weight. Take 90–120 minutes before your session with food and fluids. New to bicarb? Start with the lower dose and build up across sessions. |
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Bicarb 3.0 FAQ's
Everything you need to know about Bicarb 3.0.
It's a sodium bicarbonate performance supplement built around a beadlet delivery system that solves the single biggest problem with bicarb: the GI distress that used to make it almost unusable. Bicarb 3.0 suspends micro-beadlets of sodium bicarbonate in a sodium alginate gel matrix — that gel protects the bicarb from your stomach acid and guides it into your small intestine where it absorbs cleanly. Same acid-buffering effect as traditional bicarb. None of the gut bomb.
Your muscles produce acid as a byproduct of hard effort — that burning sensation in your legs during an 800m or a VO2 max interval is your body struggling to manage rising acidity. Sodium bicarbonate is an alkaline compound that acts as a chemical buffer in your blood, helping neutralize that acid before it forces you to back off. The International Olympic Committee recognized sodium bicarbonate as one of just five dietary supplements with consistent evidence for improving performance in elite athletes. It's been used at the Olympics and World Championships for decades — the challenge has always been tolerating it, not trusting it.
Bicarb 3.0 uses weight-based dosing at 0.2 to 0.3 grams of sodium bicarbonate per kilogram of bodyweight — the clinically validated range. That works out to three dose options: 15g, 19g, or 22g. Start at the lower end (0.2g/kg) on your first use and always test in training before race day. The step-by-step mixing protocol takes about two minutes: pour the Carb Matrix into your jar, add water to the fill line, stir until the gel forms, add your bicarb pellets, and swallow without chewing.
For short events — 800m through 5K — take it 2 hours before your start time. For longer efforts over 30 minutes, 90 minutes before is the target window. Take it with a small, easily digestible snack to minimize any GI discomfort, and avoid heavy meals within 2 hours of taking it. Use it no more than twice per week, and skip extra salt in your diet on days you take it — this is a high-sodium product.
Any athlete whose sport involves sustained high-intensity effort where acid buildup is the limiting factor. Middle-distance runners (800m to 5K), cyclists pushing above threshold, swimmers, rowers, and anyone doing VO2 max or race-pace interval work. Bicarb 3.0 has been validated with NCAA Division I record holders and professional road runners — collegiate 800m athletes breaking 1:46 and coaches reporting one to three second improvements per event. If your sport ends in a burn, this is worth testing.