hbcd sports performance
As athletes from nearly 50 countries prepare to compete at the 2026 AIDA Pool World Championship, SusCarb™ Highly Branched Cyclic Dextrin (HBCD) is proud to support their journey with sustained energy and HBCD sports performance nutrition. Freediving demands extraordinary physical endurance, mental focus, and precise breath control — making optimal carbohydrate fueling essential for peak performance.
The 2026 AIDA Pool World Championship brings together the world’s top freedivers to compete in dynamic apnea, static apnea, and dynamic no-fins disciplines. Each event requires athletes to maximize oxygen efficiency while sustaining physical output underwater. For these elite competitors, HBCD sports performance nutrition provides a steady release of glucose without the rapid spikes and crashes associated with simple sugars.
SusCarb™ utilizes a proprietary enzymatic process that produces a highly branched cyclic dextrin with exceptional solubility and rapid gastric emptying. Unlike conventional carbohydrate sources, it delivers sustained energy that is easy on the stomach — a critical advantage for athletes who cannot afford gastrointestinal discomfort during intense apnea training.
For freedivers specifically, the demands of underwater sport place unique stress on the body’s energy systems. Sustained carbohydrate availability supports both the anaerobic and aerobic pathways that govern breath-hold performance. The role of HBCD sports performance supplementation in endurance sport has been increasingly studied, with growing interest in how highly branched cyclic dextrin supports sustained energy delivery during prolonged exertion.
Developed by ZymeBase, SusCarb™ dextrin meets the needs of athletes across multiple endurance disciplines — from cycling and running to swimming and freediving. The ingredient dissolves clearly in water, leaving no gritty texture or aftertaste, making it easy to consume before or between competition rounds.
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Wishing all athletes success as they take on the ultimate underwater challenge at the 2026 AIDA World Championship.
