Nothing to swallow.
Apply it before the session, then warm up as usual.
Built for key efforts.
A simple format for rides, runs, intervals, and races.
Topical performance
2% Topical
Bicarb Tub
The larger topical sodium bicarbonate format for key sessions—nothing to mix or swallow, and no caffeine added.
- Topical bicarb
- No caffeine
- Nothing to swallow
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What it is
2% is a topical sodium-bicarbonate product for use before hard rides, runs, intervals, and races.
How to use it
Follow the product label. Apply to clean, dry skin over the working muscles before the session, then warm up as usual.
Built for the test
WHAT YOU'RE
TESTING FOR.
HOLD THE
EFFORT.
Built for intervals, climbs, surges, and finishes—the places where muscle burn starts changing the effort.
See the field notesACCESS YOUR
FITNESS.
You bring the training. 2% is a topical addition to the warm-up for the intensity you already earned.
See the field notesKEEP BICARB
SIMPLE.
Apply 2% to the working muscles before the session. Nothing to mix or swallow, and no caffeine added.
See the field notes2% is made to be field-tested. Individual experiences vary.
Athlete field notes
HEAR IT FROM
THE HARD DAYS.
Firsthand videos from people putting 2% into rides, races, and training.
Published customer videos. Individual experiences vary and do not guarantee results.
The buffer already within
Bicarb is a buffer your body already produces. Your body's way of managing acidity when hard efforts bring the burn.
We simplified the format
We Made Bicarb Topical.
2% puts sodium bicarbonate into a clean topical format for working muscles—nothing to mix, drink, or swallow. So your warm-up stays simple when the effort won't be.
What does this do?
Built for the moment your muscles make you back off.
2% is built to help delay the deep muscle burn that changes the effort—using sodium bicarbonate in a topical format made for hard rides, runs, intervals, and races. Individual results vary.
The hard-effort environment
High-intensity work increases hydrogen-ion production and changes the acid–base environment around working muscle—one part of the familiar burn.
The body's buffer
Bicarbonate is one of the body's extracellular buffers. That role is why oral sodium bicarbonate has been studied extensively in high-intensity exercise.1
The topical format
2% puts sodium bicarbonate into a clean topical product you apply to the working muscles before your warm-up and hard effort.
Mixing or loading steps
Nothing to mix, swallow, or time. No pills, chalky drinks, caffeine, or loading protocol.
1 Ingredient science: Grgic et al., 2021 ISSN position stand and Lancha Junior et al., 2015 buffering review. The cited research describes bicarbonate physiology and oral sodium-bicarbonate supplementation; it does not by itself establish the effect of the finished 2% topical formula.