Coffee
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Coffee
Today at my x-country ski race I overheard a teammate talking about coffee and how it's actually good for you. Does anyone know anything about this? Is coffee actually a performance enhancer? If so, maybe I'll take up drinking coffee before meets/races and whatnot. What kind of coffee do you like?
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it should spaz you up a bit OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS of energy ... but when it wheres off your gonna be tired as hell and comeing for a athlete myself no cream and stuff you dont want to be pukeing up cottage cheese its a 50/50 thing goods and bads up and downs basically up to you
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He's not questioning the caffeine content. He is wondering about the possiblity of coffee enhancing your endurance, speed, etc. from a semi-nutritional point of view, not just a quick caffeine buzzsweetkastings wrote:it should spaz you up a bit OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS of energy ... but when it wheres off your gonna be tired as hell and comeing for a athlete myself no cream and stuff you dont want to be pukeing up cottage cheese its a 50/50 thing goods and bads up and downs basically up to you
...please read and try to be semi-useful next time...
I have no studies to quote you but I use to run cross country events of 3 miles or more, both our trainer and our doctor told all of us on a regular basis that one to two cups of coffee 45 min to 1 hour before a event enhances your short term performance. I found this to be true for the most part. In a 3 to 5 mile run it seemed to give me a little extra bounce in my step but once I passed the 5 mile mark going to 10 miles the only thing I noticed was the extream desire to be in my lazboy at home and some cramping.

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well just added my 2 cp i did tell him it would spaz him up but thats about
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When I use to work out all the time I didn't drink Coffee or ANY caffeine after I worked out so that I would sleep when I got tired, heh also didn't eat afterwards either but that is another story...
Anyway, Coffee is a diauretic, makes you loose excess water. In general that isn't good or bad but depends on the sport. It was great to give me a boost and help me not retain the gallons of water I drank daily. However for more endurance oriented sports it might not be the best as you are going to loose a shitload of water anyway.
Me I love coffee though, black Foldgers 99% of the time but will splurge and get one of those Metrotype drinks if I'm near a Starbucks etc...
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Anyway, Coffee is a diauretic, makes you loose excess water. In general that isn't good or bad but depends on the sport. It was great to give me a boost and help me not retain the gallons of water I drank daily. However for more endurance oriented sports it might not be the best as you are going to loose a shitload of water anyway.
Me I love coffee though, black Foldgers 99% of the time but will splurge and get one of those Metrotype drinks if I'm near a Starbucks etc...
Marb