Inputs
- Body weight, race profile, and bicarbonate experience
- GI sensitivity, product choice, and meal timing
Outputs
- An exact trial dose and full standard comparison
- A product-specific timing plan with warning flags
The tool calculates both the exact math dose and the practical weighed amount.
Still hard enough that race character matters.
Minutes at race effort or key-workout intensity.
AIS-style practical protocol: usually 120-150 min before race with fluid and a small carb-dense meal/snack.
The calculator suppresses duplicate caffeine timing if your selected product already contains caffeine.
Sodium / safety caution flags
Run the calculator
This tool gives the exact dose to trial next, the full standard dose if tolerated, and the closest official product conversion for the shortlist you asked for.