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If you are looking at benefits of caffeine intake before athletic competitions...
POTENTIAL BENEFITS
• Decreased pain and perception of fatigue, which allow for training at higher intensities.
• Decreased perceived exertion during submaximal resistance training, which can allow athletes to engage in longer strength training sessions.
• Improved performance in endurance and sustained high-intensity training or competitions with consecutive high-intensity bouts lasting longer than 90 seconds.
• Increased body coordination, ability to focus and concentrate and sustain training intensity
POTENTIAL RISKS
• Caffeine is a banned substance by the NCAA. A urinary caffeine concentration exceeding 15 micrograms per milliliter (corresponding to ingesting about 500 milligrams, the equivalent of six to eight cups of brewed coffee, two to three hours before competition) results in a positive drug test.
• Energy drinks, pills and “sports performance enhancers” may contain unlabeled or unclear amounts of banned stimulants like synephrine, which, when added to unknown amounts of caffeine, can result in serious health consequences, including death.
• More caffeine is not necessarily better. Caffeine consumed at very high levels — 6-9 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body weight — can cause gastrointestinal issues, nausea or shaking, as
well as “over-stimulation” that can negatively impact training, sleep and performance.
• Caffeine is an addictive substance when consumed regularly in amounts as low as 100 milligrams a day (one cup of brewed coffee). Withdrawal symptoms include headache, fatigue, depression, irritability, insomnia, increased or irregular heart rate, and increased blood pressure.
• Caffeine consumed without adequate fluids can negatively impact thermal regulation in athletes training in hot environments.
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