How Caffeine Affects Exercise & Athletic Performance
How Caffeine Affects Exercise & Athletic Performance
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How Caffeine Affects Exercise & Athletic Performance
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In this video, Jonathan from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses how caffeine works on the nervous system and muscle tissue to potentially improve exercise and athletic performance. He also discusses how much needs to be taken in order to get these benefits as well as how to time it with exercise and athletic events.
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Video Timeline
00:00 – 00:52 Intro
00:53 – 02:21 Can Caffeine Improve Athletic Performance & Exercise
02:22 – 02:47 Caffeine Affects Your Muscles and Nervous System
02:48 – 05:15 How Caffeine Stimulates Your Nervous System
05:16 – 06:09 Caffeine Helps You to Push Yourself Harder
06:10 – 09:13 How Caffeine Affects Your Muscles
09:15 – 09:35 How Caffeine Affects Your Heart
09:36 – 11:19 How Much Caffeine Do You Need For Performance Benefits
11:20 – 11:40 Timing Your Caffeine Intake: When Should You Take It?
11:41 – 13:11 What If You Don’t Like Taking Caffeine?
13:12 – 15:11 Learning More!
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References:
Dunford, Marie; Doyle, J. Andrew. Nutrition for Sport and Exercise (p. 360-362). Cengage Learning. Kindle Edition.
https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12970-020-00383-4
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7739593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6835847/
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/nutritional-and-non-medication-supplements-permitted-for-performance-enhancement?sectionName=Caffeine&search=caffeine&topicRef=5369&anchor=H1510948784&source=see_link#H1510948784
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#anatomy #exercise #caffeine
Idk why but caffeine has the opposıte effect on me. It makes me sleepy.
I’m not addicted to caffiene, I simply work in an environment where I have no choice but to consume copious amounts to deal with the schedules and demand lmfao
At the first scenes of the video. I notice at the back something a dead body wrap by something. is it?
995 m is almost 3/4 of a mile. This is military grade marksmanship.
"Institute" my ass, you guys are a for-profit company.
10:25 🙏
2:49 Pretty accurate for myself.
overall great video
as i slurp my coffee:
Nah, I simply don’t need it. I exercise daily without caffeine, which is better than most people.
Die Stimme passt perfekt zum Inhalt.
I find I gas out quicker caffeinated. My heart rate is generally higher resting and exerting. Is that a good thing? What goes up must come down, I say no.
ive never watched this channel but based on the subject of the video, this should probably be left to the institute of human physiology
0:48 I thought @Hardwareunboxed video is playing in background in my 2nd screen.
Here is a summary if your attention span is as bad as mine:
Reduces fatigue: By blocking the effects of adenosine, a neurotransmitter that promotes sleep, caffeine can decrease the perception of effort, allowing athletes to push harder.
Increases focus and alertness: Caffeine has been shown to improve cognitive function, attention, and vigilance, which can benefit an athlete’s focus during exercise.
Boosts muscular function: It can increase motor unit firing rates and calcium release in muscle cells, leading to more powerful muscle contractions.
Spares glycogen: For endurance athletes, caffeine can increase the use of fatty acids for energy, which may spare muscle glycogen stores and delay fatigue.
Does waking up in the morning count as athletic performance?????
caffeine no longer works when you use it every day
Didn’t watch the video but coffee tastes good 🙂
I would be curious to hear your take on how caffeine affects those like me with chronic fatigue syndrome, ADHD, and PTSD.
the coffee is the best thing in the world❤
I consider caffeine to be very dangerous. Use responsibly. [It wont be easy]
Caffeine just makes me anxious. I used to spend a lot of money on Starbucks but then I learned it doesn’t really give you extra energy it just makes you think you aren’t as tired.
As someone who doesn’t drink coffee at all, it’s crazy to see how many people are addicted to this stuff. A lot of my coworkers get a headache if they dont drink their coffee in the morning. I just find it interesting that people are willingly making themselves so dependable on a substance – let’s be honest, nobody liked the taste of their first coffee. It starts as a forced social habit and turns into an addiction over time. At least it isn’t toxic like most other everyday drugs like cigs and alcohol..
Nice Explanations.
When I was in middle and high school, I was a heavy coffee addict. I would drink about 4-5 cups of black coffee (around 200ml per cup) every single day. In 2019, when I just started university, my coffee addiction got even worse. I was drinking 7-8 cups of black coffee a day until I ended up in the hospital with numbness, a rapid heartbeat, and a drop in my blood sugar (I drank my coffee without sugar). Because of that, from 2019 until this year, 2025, I haven’t had a single cup of black coffee. And now, if I have to work overtime at the office, I prefer drinks with lower caffeine, such as black tea
No one would see a ninja kick to the head, they are masters of disguise 🤣
LOVE THIS!!! The teaching materials are so well prepared!!! Super easy to understand for any visual learner!!
Axon!?!? They were created by Renoir 😮 for those who come after 🫡
I need caffeine… end of story
Caffeine is a drug, it’s literally a drug
I switched to tea and have felt more stable.
Your performance would be much better if you quit caffeine
I got to a point of 3 cans of Monster and maybe even an occasional coffee on top of that.
Then I went cold turkey.
Day 1 caffeine free – whats the big deal, this is easy!
Day 2 – woke up feeling groggy as hell by midday I had a splitting headache and spent most of the day in bed cause the way I felt was very similar to how you feel with flu.
Day 3 – was a milder experience of day 2.
Maybe up to Day 8 or 9 I felt off, tired and just not fully with it but this eased up with each day.
From experience the worst is day 2 and 3. Overall it might take you a week give or take a couple of days until you feel normal again after going cold turkey from very high caffeine consumption almost daily.
However, keep in mind that if you have been consuming very high amounts of caffeine like I was it might take your body around a month or two to fully reset your caffeine response. So feeling normal after a week doesn’t mean you should go back to having caffeine. Try and give it up to 2 months. This is only for high consumption.
On lower amount dependancy, this is probably a much quicker turnaround. But once you feel normal, you don’t need the caffeine to get you through the morning anymore as you feel absolutely fine, I had forgotten that 👀
White Monster 🔥
I love how well you explain!😊 I understood on one watch
12:15 Same
What happens to the unused adenosine when caffeine blocks its reception? Does it build up, causing more to bind later? That would probably explain why I feel less motivated after the caffeine wears off, which ends up making it not worth it. (Also the withdrawal headaches)
i drank coffee a lot because I used to do 8 hour shifts and did training after that. I eventually had to stop cause I was getting heart palpitations and slowed me down even I exercised.
long live creatine
Me watching this video on triple speed while chugging coffee lol
It does nothing to me, and i drink coffee occasionally
I workout 3 times a week for 2+ hours full body weekly. I use a 200mg caffeine zero sugar energy drink. I’ve noticed a few things, improved performance, focus, and one most probably will go never realizing is it keeps that bad breath at bay. Even brushing teeth prior doesn’t hold but an energy drink hold it for the duration of my workout
Easy fix – adderall
am drinking coffee while watching video❤
Mux you coffer with a protien/fat such as protien or butter and it will make so it releases much slower into your blood stream.
The stock videos don’t help with the content of the video.
I quit caffeine. Yes, I’m more awake but I feel so jittery and stressed after a coffee or an energy drink that I can’t even focus on my work anymore. Also, I always have a bad sleep, the day I had caffeine.
as someone who is very sensitive to caffeine, a cup of coffee takes effect in 5 minutes. i start sweating just from drinking coffee before my workouts 😂
Great video
Thank you brother 👍🫡