Monday, March 30, 2009

coffee coffee coffee!

awesome NYtimes article about the performance enhancing aspects of coffee!

“There is so much data on this that it’s unbelievable,” he said. “It’s just unequivocal that caffeine improves performance. It’s been shown in well-respected labs in multiple places around the world.”

"Caffeine increases the power output of muscles by releasing calcium that is stored in muscle. The effect can enable athletes to keep going longer or to go faster in the same length of time. Caffeine also affects the brain’s sensation of exhaustion, that feeling that it’s time to stop, you can’t go on any more. That may be one way it improves endurance."

"The performance improvement in controlled laboratory settings can be 20 to 25 percent, but in the real world, including all comers, the improvement may average about 5 percent, still significant if you want to get your best time or even win a race."


my boy clancy!

Clancy Rose Ultimate Barista

1 comment:

Charlie Alvarado said...

http://future.iftf.org/2006/06/will_we_have_to.html

Coffee also increases are willingness to be persuaded. beware.

 
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