Trial reportJournal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition2020
Influence of daily beer or ethanol consumption on physical fitness in response to a high-intensity interval training program. The BEER-HIIT study.
Trial report in Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03660579 (Beer or Ethanol Effects on the Response to High Intensity Interval Training), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Beer or Ethanol Effects on the Response to High Intensity Interval Training: A Controlled Study in Healthy Individuals: BEER - HIIT Study
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Moderate alcohol intake and heart rate variability adaptations to high-intensity interval training in healthy young adults: the BEER-HIIT study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Influence of Exercise on Oxygen Consumption, Pulmonary Ventilation, and Blood Gas Analyses in Individuals with Chronic Diseases.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of chronic alcohol intoxication on aerobic exercise-induced adaptations in female mice.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024Article
- The relationship between physical performance and alcohol consumption levels in Russian adults.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Alcohol and Skeletal Muscle in Health and Disease.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2023Review
- Alcohol, Resistance Exercise, and mTOR Pathway Signaling: An Evidence-Based Narrative Review.Biomolecules · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundHigh-intensity interval training (HIIT) is an effective approach to improve physical fitness, but consuming beer, which is a regular practice in many physically active individuals, may interfere with these effects. The purposes of this study were to investigate the effects of a 10-week (2 days/week) HIIT program on cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength and power parameters, and also to assess the possible influence on them of a moderate consumption of beer (at least from Monday to Friday) or its alcohol equivalent.
methodsYoung (24 ± 6 years old) healthy adults (n = 73, 35 females) were allocated to five groups. Four groups participated in the HIIT intervention program while the fifth group was a control Non-Training group (n = 15). Participants in the training groups chose whether they preferred receiving alcohol or alcohol-free beverages. Those choosing alcohol were randomized to either beer or ethanol intake: (i) T-Beer group (alcohol beer, 5.4%; n = 13) or (ii) T-Ethanol (sparkling water with vodka, 5.4%; n = 14). Those choosing alcohol-free intake were randomized to (iii) T-Water group (sparkling water, 0.0%; n = 16), or (iv) T-0.0Beer group (alcohol-free beer, 0.0%; n = 15). Men ingested 330 ml of the beverage at lunch and 330 ml at dinner; women ingested 330 ml at dinner. Before and after the intervention, maximal oxygen uptake in absolute and relative terms (VO
resultsHIIT induced significant improvements in absolute and relative values of VO
conclusionsA moderate beer or alcohol intake does not mitigate the positive effect of a 10-week HIIT on physical fitness in young healthy adults.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03660579. Registered 20 September 2018. Retrospectively registered.
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