Caffeine

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debaru — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:57:40 GMT

Chocolate covered anything! :ohyeah: Have you tried Trader Joe's chocolate-covered espresso beans? AWESOME! No, but I'll be sure to stop by Trader Joe's before coming to Nationals and I'll share them with you. :) Chomping on a few of these before the meet instead of drinking coffee will help reduce my trips to the ladies room. There's nothing worse than having to go to the bathroom when you're suited up in a kneesuit (especially if it's wet). :badday:

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jethro — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:16:39 GMT

Diet Mountain Dew, the nectar of the gods. :agree:

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coffeegirl — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:38:25 GMT

I will openly admit it, I am a coffee addict! As I sit here in my office, thoroughly enjoying my third cup of dark rich french roast, I can honestly say...coffee is a good thing! A steaming pot every morning, a French press at work most days, and the rare cup after evening practice, coffee is by far my drink of choice. While many enjoy the effects of their ‘adult beverages’, I will stick with my robust freshly ground coffee any day. I sleep well at night, rarely feel the effects of over-indulging, and smile when I hear the soft purr of a coffee grinder.

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aquajock — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:33:21 GMT

Chai tea with half-and-half is my caffeine drink of choice. I feel peppy and tranquil. Coffee tastes awful, makes me jittery and keeps me up half the night. 5 cups of anything except water seems pretty extreme to me. I'd be trying to wean off of it if it was me.

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Former Member — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:21:15 GMT

You do understand that Canada knows coffee and we know what to eat with it. Canadians are going to win the coffee wars. YouTube - Is America ready for more Tim Hortons?

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Former Member — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:37:32 GMT

Every one wants to spoil coffee. Forget the hazelnut, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and cream. Give it to me strait, no sugar, very little 2% milk or black.

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Bobinator — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:14:36 GMT

You've always been nicer!~ thank you gigi! I wish I was as nice as you :)!

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gigi — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:34:12 GMT

Isn't caffeine a diuretic? That's been the common wisdom for a long time, and coffee & tea weren't supposed to "count" toward daily water totals. But the articles I've been reading lately suggest that the diuretic effects of coffee are negligible to imperceptible ~ urine output is no greater after drinking coffee than it is after drinking an equal amount of water. Good to know since I drink it all day. . . and ever since someone once told me that a cup of coffee 20 minutes before an event is a good thing, I always have one before I swim. Placebo? For real? I don't care, it just gives me an excuse to indulge!

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gigi — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:19:01 GMT

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Elaine Krugman — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:11:25 GMT

I'm okay if I stick to one cup in the morning about an hour after breakfast. If I have more than one cup, I'm a jittery mess! But, as an alternative, chocolate-covered espresso beans are simply marvelous for delivering that little boost. Much preferred over Jolt gum, in my humble opinion. ;) Chocolate covered anything! :ohyeah: Have you tried Trader Joe's chocolate-covered espresso beans? AWESOME!

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debaru — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:26:21 GMT

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knelson — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:52:41 GMT

I drink a lot of coffee. I'd say 32 oz a day or so on average. None of those fancy coffee drinks, just basic black drip coffee. After reading Stieg Larsson's books I'm convinced it must be my Swedish ancestry. :)

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Bobinator — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:49:09 GMT

But, I'm sure the lack of caffeine is helping with your mindfulness meditation. YouTube - Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life hahaha! Loved the u-tube! I don't know if lack of caffeine helps with mindfulness or not. It would help me stay awake during meditation when tired though. :bed:

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:35:19 GMT

I regularly used a cup of black coffee to get me through an evening training session. Taken about 45 mins beforehand, it would see me through the 75 min workout. Now I swim mid-morning and take my coffee afterwards to see me through the rest of the day!

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ColoJoel — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:09:30 GMT

I have my caffeine (IE coffee), AFTER my morning master's workout :).

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Patrick W. Brundage — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:38:34 GMT

I truly miss my coffee addiction. Starbucks stock has dropped significantly since my hiatus from the bean of life. I will say I'm a nicer person without the caffeine jitters but not nearly as energetic! :(But, I'm sure the lack of caffeine is helping with your mindfulness meditation. YouTube - Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

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Bobinator — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:51:59 GMT

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:15:55 GMT

I used to do mid morning-noon swims without any coffee/breakfast before and almost always paid for it with a lingering headache and over eating in the afternoon.Switched to 1-2 cups of coffee and fruit, like a banana, in the AM and a huge bottle of water while I swim and ...no more headaches!The early caffeene wakes me up,supresses my hunger and gets "stuff" moving-and I have a much better swim because of it.

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ande — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:24:49 GMT

I think it might be good to not use it much during the season then use it as a BOOST in your big competitions. Though some feel it's great to use before training to enhance performance in practice. It's good to feel jittery right before you race.

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Redbird Alum — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:19:44 GMT

Coffee / Caffeine = GOOD :2cents:

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Bobinator — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:32:25 GMT

I used to drink a pot per day minimum of coffee without ever having a negative effect. (college till age 50) Around the time I turned 50 I had to quit. Coffee started giving me the jitters, a racing heart, and an irritable attitude toward anything and everything. Now I have a cup of half-caf before I leave for work and decaf the rest of the day. Occaisionally I'll have a caffienated coffee on the week-ends after practice and I always regret it. It just makes me want to jump out of my skin!!!! :bolt:

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art_z — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:18:00 GMT

Isn't caffeine a diuretic?

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Former Member — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:58:37 GMT

I do love my coffee and diet cokes. :) When I caffeinate all day my heart rate goes bonkers the first 5 minutes of my afternoon bikeride. Normally during an easy caffeine-free warmup my heartrate would gradually increase from resting to about 145 and only hit max (172) later on climbing steep hills or time trialing. Under influence of caffeine, my heartrate will bounce crazily around between 63 and 218 bpm with no other noticeable symptoms - not even breathing hard. Eventually it settles down, but still my heart is 5 beats per minute more during the entire ride than it would be if I wasn't so caffeinated. The warmup is mostly easy soft-pedaling to loosen up a stiff knee. My habit is 3-4 cans of Diet Coke and 4 shots of espresso. Sometimes I'll substitute in a 24-oz cup of coffee instead of a can of Diet Coke.

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Patrick W. Brundage — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:58:53 GMT

I do love my coffee and diet cokes. :) ... My habit is 3-4 cans of Diet Coke and 4 shots of espresso. Sometimes I'll substitute in a 24-oz cup of coffee instead of a can of Diet Coke. I owe you one of these:bow: and think you need to adopt my picture thingy under my name. I thought my 4-5 espresso shots a day was good and impressive, but clearly I'm a babe in the woods of Caffeineland.

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Former Member — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:16:10 GMT

It has psychological effects, obviously. It takes a lot of coffee now for me to even notice anything. There's also this: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../9132918 A review of the literature suggests that caffeine at doses of approximately 6 mg/kg is not of ergogenic benefit to high intensity exercise performance, but similar doses are ergogenic in endurance exercise performance. 6 mg/kg is a couple cups of coffee (lots of variation in both human body weight and caffeine dose). But, as I recall, you aren't really into endurance exercise performance.