The importance of peri workout nutrition has been recently discovered and researched.  With this recent information undoubtedly supplement companies are producing their own peri workout supplements; some of them even include beet juice as an ingredient.  The American Journal of Physiology–Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology came out with a study introducing beet juice to healthy males to drink during their workouts; titled: Drinking Beet Juice Regularly May Lengthen Your Workouts, and can be read in its entirety.

The study showed that the males who drank beet juice had lower blood pressure and more dilated blood vessels when both at rest and during exercise.  It should also be noted that the heart consumed less oxygen during exercise when beet juice was used at a peri workout.  This led to the ability to exercise a given load for a longer period of time without the onset of fatigue.

Many people like to incorporate battle ropes into their workout regimes, mostly as a conditioning tool.  Combat ropes can be quite grueling, so introducing beet juice as a peri workout could be a component in helping you push through them.  Try adding combat ropes into your cardio regime or for added conditioning after upper body workouts.