Does anybody abuse caffiene during races for increased performance? Does it really help?
tried it but meth is way better
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Its a very fine line between + performance and dehydration. Ive gone nuts on the NoDoz for a sprint distance, I think it helped, but I dont think Id do it for anything longer. I understand caffeine is performance enhancing for endurance sport but like I say, get the numbers wrong and you’ll go bang. Loads of gel companies make caffeinated squeezys, I think that would be a better bet than NoDoz.
I take a 200mg nodoze/stay awake/whatever before most races. You need to play around with it a bit to get the timing and dosage right. i crash a bit hard when it wears off so I either:
a)take it about 90min before the end of the race (for instance take it near the end of the bike in a half)
b)for olympics take it 20min before and follow with caffeine gels on bike and run
c)sprints take it 20min before
I don’t really think it makes you go much faster but it seems to increase your pain tolerance for shorter efforts so you can rev a bit higher. Careful though as you’ve still only got a set amount of gas to burn and if you go out too hard… I do like it a LOT for xterra’s though. I feel I can concentrate, react and flow a lot better on fast and technical bike courses with a touch of caffeine. I’ve also been told by several people that my dosage is a bit low but I’m content with the 200mg (plus some coffee an hour or so earlier). I’m 150lbs btw. Dosage variesa lot with body weight and caffeine tolerance.
tried it but meth is way better
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I used to take 9 pills of Ginseng NOW at a time, those were some fun nights
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