http://buyorganiccoffee.org/1165/coffee-before-exercise/ Coffee before Exercise According to CNN.com there are five reasons to drink coffee before your workout. A Spanish study, published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, found that trained athletes who took in caffeine pre-exercise burned about 15% more calories for three hours post-exercise, compared to those who ingested a placebo. According to the report the necessary amount of caffeine to gain this effect is 4.5 mg per kilogram of body weight. For a 154 pound person this comes to 250 mg of caffeine in a 12 ounce cup. Additionally researchers in Japan have shown that blood flow is increased for an hour and a quarter after drinking coffee with caffeine. And, it turns out that drinking two to three cups of coffee before exercise resulted in less perceived pain from a hard workout. Athletic Performance and Coffee We wrote recently about how coffee enhances athletic performance. We noted that drinking coffee increases adrenaline. Adrenaline increase heart rate and blood flow, increases blood flow specifically to the brain and helps improve short term speed and endurance. Scientifically, the caffeine in coffee is an ergogenic aid for sustaining a high degree of effort over the short term.

1. Coffee before
Exercise
Coffee before Exercise Is Good for You

2. According to CNN.com there are five
reasons to drink coffee before your
workout.

3. A Spanish study, published in the
International Journal of Sport Nutrition
and Exercise Metabolism, found that
trained athletes who took in caffeine
pre-exercise burned about 15% more
calories for three hours post-exercise,
compared to those who ingested a
placebo.

4. According to the report the
necessary amount of caffeine to
gain this effect is 4.5 mg per
kilogram of body weight.

5. For a 154 pound person this comes
to 250 mg of caffeine in a 12 ounce
cup.

6. Additionally researchers in Japan
have shown that blood flow is
increased for an hour and a quarter
after drinking coffee with caffeine.

7. And, it turns out that drinking two to
three cups of coffee before
exercise resulted in less perceived
pain from a hard workout.

8. Athletic Performance and Coffee

9. We wrote recently about how coffee
enhances athletic performance.

10. We noted that drinking coffee
increases adrenaline. Adrenaline
increase heart rate and blood flow,
increases blood flow specifically to
the brain and helps improve short
term speed and endurance.

11. Scientifically, the caffeine in coffee is
an ergogenic aid for sustaining a
high degree of effort over the short
term. And coffee only lasts just so
long and then the body
metabolizes and excretes it.

12. Typically half of the caffeine that you
ingest at 7 am is gone by 1 pm (a
six hour half-life).

13. If our hypothetical 154 pound runner
drinks two cups of coffee and gets 400
milligrams into his system he will still
have 200 milligrams six hours later.
This is plenty of time for a slow
marathon runner to complete the
course or for someone to complete a
soccer match.

14. Besides the other good health
effects of drinking coffee, you
may play a better tennis match or
score more goals in soccer as
coffee enhances athletic
performance.

15. These are good reasons to drink
coffee before exercise.

16. Preserving Muscles as You Get
Older

17. An interesting recent finding from
animal studies is that helped offset
the loss of muscle strength that
occurs with getting older.

18. Protective effects were seen in both
the diaphragm and in skeletal
muscle.

19. Researchers believe that that taken
in moderation caffeine can help
preserve overall fitness and reduce
the risk of age-related injuries.

20. Improving Performance in the
Skill Positions

21. Bud Grant, the coach of the
Minnesota Vikings in their heyday
referred to skilled and unskilled
positions in professional football.
Big linemen played unskilled
positions and quarterbacks and
receivers played skilled positions

22. Assume for a moment that Grant
was correct about big linemen not
needing to think.

23. There is no good evidence that
coffee helps weight lifters or
anyone else lifting, pushing or
pulling heavy weights.

24. But, coffee wakes you up.

25. A recent study from Johns Hopkins
shows that memory is better for a
day after drinking coffee.

26. If remembering what play it is
matters quarterbacks and receivers
would do well to drink a cup or two
of coffee before going on the field.

27. And do not forget about drinking
healthy organic coffee because it is
good for you, good for the
environment and good for the
coffee farmer who practices
sustainable agriculture.