Tag: Coffee Consumption for Physical Performance

Coffee Consumption for Physical Performance. Caffeine's influence on endurance and exercise capacity is of interest to athletes. Caffeine has been shown to improve endurance events, stop-go events (such as team and racket sports), and sports involving prolonged high-intensity action ranging from 1 minute to an hour (such as swimming, rowing, and running races) (Goldstein et al., 2010). (Fig. 20.2). For instance, when 3 mg caffeine/kg bodyweight was consumed instead of a placebo, work done during a 15-minute time trial on stationary …