The effects of a pre-workout supplement on anaerobic performance

Multi-ingredient pre-workout supplements have gained popularity amongst athletes and fitness enthusiasts of all ages. These supplements advertise performance enhancing benefits such as increases in anaerobic and aerobic performance, strength, focus and more (Shoshan & Post, 2021). The results from this study showed that the C4 pre workout supplement had no statistically significant influences on anaerobic performance, however, small improvements were observed. There could be other potential physical and psychological benefits that pre workout supplements pose to individuals consuming it. Limitations include a small sample size made up of active college students and this study only observed short duration, high intensity exercise. Future research should be warranted to observe the influence that pre workout has on different exercise types as well as on different populations. This poster was presented at the Douglas College Student Research Day 2022 on April 15, 2022.