Any one ever heard of or used race day boost by hammer sports? Says it can increase performance up to 8 percent for long bike races. Think it wold help with swimming?
I HAVE to have coffee in the morning, every morning. It's not pretty if I have to wait for it . . . just ask my boyfriend! I usually don't have more than just that one cup in the morning most days, but it essential. I've only done the one meet, but I did not cut back and I had my usual one cup in the morning (and a yummy latte on the way home!) and it was fine. I read an article a while back about caffeine consumpion prior to a workout affecting the oxygenation of the heart muscle and I tend to feel really horrible if I drink coffee and exercise too soon afterwards. So, I don't drink coffee right before I exercise. I will try to find the article and post the link if it is still available.
Now the question is, with an early morning spinning class tomorrow, do I get up extra early to drink my coffee before the class (extra early so that there is enough time for it to work through my system and not make me feel like I'll die) or do I make myself wait until after the class which means I'll have been up for a couple hourse before I get the dose of caffeine I need to keep me human? If only Starbucks were closer to the gym.
Found it easier than I thought: content.onlinejacc.org/.../405.pdf
It is from 2006 and I don't have time at the moment to look for follow up research to see if others found similar results or if they found contrary results. Also, there are some limitations of the study, which the authors set forth. If you like drinking caffeine prior to a workout and you have no ill effects from it, it's probably fine. Since I feel absolutely awful when I do that, I am still going to avoid it.
I HAVE to have coffee in the morning, every morning. It's not pretty if I have to wait for it . . . just ask my boyfriend! I usually don't have more than just that one cup in the morning most days, but it essential. I've only done the one meet, but I did not cut back and I had my usual one cup in the morning (and a yummy latte on the way home!) and it was fine. I read an article a while back about caffeine consumpion prior to a workout affecting the oxygenation of the heart muscle and I tend to feel really horrible if I drink coffee and exercise too soon afterwards. So, I don't drink coffee right before I exercise. I will try to find the article and post the link if it is still available.
Now the question is, with an early morning spinning class tomorrow, do I get up extra early to drink my coffee before the class (extra early so that there is enough time for it to work through my system and not make me feel like I'll die) or do I make myself wait until after the class which means I'll have been up for a couple hourse before I get the dose of caffeine I need to keep me human? If only Starbucks were closer to the gym.
Found it easier than I thought: content.onlinejacc.org/.../405.pdf
It is from 2006 and I don't have time at the moment to look for follow up research to see if others found similar results or if they found contrary results. Also, there are some limitations of the study, which the authors set forth. If you like drinking caffeine prior to a workout and you have no ill effects from it, it's probably fine. Since I feel absolutely awful when I do that, I am still going to avoid it.
