Does shilajit enhance exercise performance?

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    Katie Jantz

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    Nick Milazzo, Natalka Roshak
    Last Updated: May 16, 2025

    Anecdotal evidence suggests that shilajit may improve energy and endurance, but strong scientific support is lacking. Some studies indicate that it can increase muscle ATP levels and may help minimize muscle strength decline after exercise, though its overall effects on exercise performance remain largely unexplored.

    Anecdotally, shilajit has been reported to improve energy and endurance; however, this is currently not supported by strong evidence.

    In mice, shilajit was found to increase muscle ATP levels,[1] and fulvic acid has been shown to stimulate mitochondrial energy production in vitro.[2] One human clinical trial reported that shilajit supplementation minimized the decline of muscle strength following a fatiguing exercise.[3] Beyond this, the effects of shilajit on exercise performance are entirely unexplored.