Acute ingestion of 11.8 mmol of dietary nitrate from beetroot juice has no significant effect on peak power, velocity, or force during vertical countermovement jumps, kneeling explosive push-ups, or 70% one-repetition maximum back squats in recreationally active males when compared to a nitrate-depleted placebo.

When nitrate is consumed, it turns into nitric oxide in muscles under low-oxygen conditions, which should make muscle fibers contract more efficiently by improving calcium flow and saving energy. But during quick, powerful movements like jumps or heavy lifts, this improvement does not occur because the muscle fibers either do not experience enough low-oxygen stress to activate the process, or the energy savings are too small to change how hard or fast the muscles can push.