Description
Caffeine improves physical performance, circulation, metabolism and exercise tolerance. This may help you exercise longer and harder without becoming too fatigued or too soon, and may also increase calorie burn during and after exercise. However, you should be careful not to drink coffee too close to a workout, as it can also cause gastrointestinal issues. If you exercise at night, caffeine may not be an option at all. Might make you anxious: In addition to physical jitters, coffee is known to make people anxious. This probably has something to do with increasing your heart rate so you shouldn't take it too little or if you notice it makes you anxious.
To get the maximum benefits of coffee during physical activity, you should drink it neat, without milk, and also with very little sugar or sweetener. In this way, you will benefit from the properties of caffeine.
Some of the benefits of coffee before training are:
• Improves circulation: Caffeine stimulates circulation, drinking caffeinated coffee causes a 30% increase in blood flow.
• Decreases muscle soreness: Caffeine relieves muscle soreness by blocking the activity of a chemical called adenosine, which is released as an inflammatory response to injury and can activate pain receptors in cells, prompting a workout. harder or longer.
• Preserves physical condition: Caffeine is rapidly absorbed and peaks one to two hours after ingestion, helping to offset the loss of muscle strength that occurs with aging.
• Improves performance: Caffeine has an exciting effect on muscle contractions, as it stimulates the nervous system, increasing the production of norepinephrine in the brain. This improves your performance.
• Increases fat burning: Caffeine can cause muscles to burn fat faster, which can preserve glycogen stores and give muscles more time before they wear out. Taking it half an hour before performing aerobic exercise significantly increases fat burning, especially if practiced in the afternoon.