Tag Archive for: Coffee

Craig Pickering

Are there non-responders to caffeine?

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Caffeine is one of the most performance enhancing drugs available to athletes, with research demonstrating that it has ergogenic effects on a range of exercise types, including aerobic endurance, strength, and repeated anaerobic activities. Athletes are of course aware of this, and research tends to suggest that around three-quarters of athletes utilise caffeine either immediately before or during competitions. But new research indicates that the effects are not as general as you may think, and could have no effect or even harm performances for some athletes. Read more

Craig Pickering

Finding the right caffeine intake for performance

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One thing that fascinates me about humans is that we’re all different. We see this all the time in training; why do some people improve, but others don’t? Why does one athlete respond really well to a type of training, but another doesn’t? The same is true with caffeine: why does caffein affect some athletes differently than others? And what should we consider when adopting a adopt a strategy to get the most out of it? Read more

Craig Pickering

Sports Science Monthly – August 2017

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Welcome to this month’s edition of Sports Science Monthly, where we take a look at recent research in the realm of sports science. In this edition, we take a look at running coordination, the nature vs nurture debate, causes of illnesses and injuries, vitamin D supplementation, caffeine, and test familiarization. Read more

Craig Pickering

Does Regular Caffeine Use Reduce Its Performance Enhancing Effects?

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Caffeine is one of the world’s most widely used performance enhancing drugs. Its use within sport is also completely legal, and research tends to indicate that about 75% of all athletes consume some form of caffeine before competition. This should come as no surprise; caffeine reliably improves endurance performance, and, whilst its effects on power and strength performance are less clear, it’s certainly not negative. Read more