Recent scientific studies have once again confirmed the stimulating properties of caffeine, proving that we are not talking about a simple “cheer up” of the psyche. A group of runners received 5 mg of caffeine per 1 kg of athletes’ weight. At the same time, the runners pedaled a bicycle ergometer for 30 minutes, and the bicycle ergometers themselves were part of a complex device capable of measuring the amount of force applied to the pedals. It turned out that during the maximum effort phase, caffeinated runners showed greater effort than runners in the control group who did not take caffeine.
In relation to bodybuilding, such a result can mean an increase in the strength of the athlete. An attempt to test it using a scientific experiment led to an unexpected result. A group of bodybuilders took 8 mg of caffeine per kilogram of body weight. Strength indicators were measured in squats, and none of the bodybuilders could squat with more than 130% of their body weight. On caffeine, bodybuilders increased their average squat performance by 5-6 kilograms! At the same time, doctors measured the subjects’ blood pressure and pulse rate. These two indicators turned out to be elevated among bodybuilders, but not to critical levels. Thus, caffeine is a very strong intensity stimulant that can be recommended to everyone without restrictions. Caffeine can be absorbed from regular coffee or taken in tablets or capsules that dissolve in the stomach. True, if you were a coffee lover and drank up to 3-4 cups of coffee per day, the weight gain in exercise will not be so significant. The explanation is that caffeine, like any other stimulant, is addictive.
