A Little Bit of Caffeine Goes a Long Way
April 8, 2008 1:52 pm Notes, Weight LiftingI feel like after a couple of years of exercising fairly intensely and making diet changes and sleep changes and activity changes along the way I have become quite good at noticing how these changes affect me. One thing that I’ve changed recently is having caffeine before my workout, either as a tablet or as a shot of espresso coffee. It really makes a noticeable difference to my workout and exercise.
My current routine is something like this. Wake up, have a shot of coffee, protein powder and a glass of juice then go for a 30 minute walk at 6km/hr. It’s a brisk pace for me but it doesn’t really increase my breathing that much, it more warms me up and gives time for the coffee, juice and protein to start being digested. Then I start weights.
The addition of the coffee and warm up has definitely increased what I can do that early in the morning and I’d suggest giving it a try yourself.