Response to Exercise and Nitric Oxide in PAD

This is a 12 week intervention where participants will walk for exercise 3 times a week on a treadmill at a center while being supervised by healthcare personnel.

This group will attend weekly one-hour educational sessions either on Zoom or in-person for 12 weeks. These sessions are on topics of interest to the typical PAD patient and may be led by study staff, physicians, or other health care workers.

Participants randomized to this group will drink nitrate-rich beetroot juice while engaged in supervised exercise.

Participants randomized to this group will drink placebo while engaged in supervised exercise.