Discussion
This study aimed to investigate the effects of NaHCOThe current study corroborates with previous research reporting improvements in interval swimming performance following NaHCOAs a group, there was an improvement in swim performance during the latter half of the repeated sprints (sprints 5–8). However, the ergogenic effects of NaHCOThe group mean increase in HCOWhilst the current study was more applied in nature, it does offer insight into the mechanism of action for NaHCOApplied studies are always open to limitations, and this study presents limitations in the ingestion strategy adopted and the lack of mechanistic insight. Recently, a string of studies (Gough et al. 