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    6 Reasons to Drink Coffee Before Your Workout - Dr Mercola

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    • Coffee, when consumed in the right way, can in fact be used as a health and fitness enhancing tool
    • In one recent study, athletes who consumed caffeine pre-exercise burned 15 percent more calories for three hours post-exercise, compared to the control group
    • Other functional benefits of a pre-workout cup of coffee include improved microcirculation, pain reduction, improved endurance, muscle preservation, and improved memory
    • When used before exercise, coffee will give you a good boost, and will work to optimize the benefits of exercise; stimulating energy production and fat burning
    • Taken after exercise, coffee is more likely to inhibit recuperation and rather continue mimicking the effects of exercise on your body
    • If you exercise in the evening, you may want to skip the pre-workout cup of coffee however, as it can disrupt your sleep cycle by keeping you alert well into the night



    If you're like many people, you may start your day with a cup of coffee. According to Health Magazine,1 about half of American adults stick to this daily ritual, despite conventional warnings that coffee might not be all that good for you.

    My own understanding of coffee's virtues and risks was greatly enhanced by my 2011 interview with Ori Hofmekler, author of The Warrior Diet and Unlocking the Muscle Gene, who has researched coffee extensively.

    Ori explained how coffee, when consumed in the right way, can in fact be used as a health and fitness enhancing tool. There are caveats, however, and there are also points of contention, where the details still have not quite been teased out.

    Despite that, it is possible to draw up some general guidelines that will allow you to enjoy your coffee with minimal risk. You may even be able to reap valuable benefits from your habit, provided you're willing to make some slight alterations to how you drink it.

    Ori specifically pointed out the benefits coffee might have when consumed prior to working out, and this is also the focus of the featured article.

    6 Reasons to Drink Coffee Before Your Workout

    Contrary to much of the conventional advice, which tends to revolve around coffee's ability to raise your blood pressure, coffee does appear to have certain functional benefits—if consumed pre-exercise—that are supported by science. As reported by Health Magazine:2

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

    The dose that triggered the effect was 4.5 mg of caffeine per kilogram of body weight. For 150-pound woman (68 kg), that's roughly 300 mg of caffeine, the amount in about 12 ounces of brewed coffee, a quantity you may already be sipping each morning."

    According to Ori's research, coffee can increase your metabolism by up to 20 percent, which seems to be in line with the Spaniards' finding. Besides providing you with a temporary metabolic boost, other functional benefits of a pre-workout cup of coffee include:

    1. Improved micro-circulation. According to Health Magazine, Japanese researchers recently discovered that people who were not regular coffee drinkers experienced a 30 percent boost in capillary blood flow after drinking five ounces of regular coffee, compared to those drinking decaf.

    Improved blood circulation typically equates to improved oxygenation of your tissues, which may boost your exercise performance...

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    • In one recent study, athletes who consumed caffeine pre-exercise burned 15 percent more calories for three hours post-exercise, compared to the control group
    He keeps referring to coffee, but it seems he's stating that anything containing caffeine has the same effect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    He keeps referring to coffee, but it seems he's stating that anything containing caffeine has the same effect.
    I always work out on an empty stomach, but I have started drinking a cup of black coffee before I go work out due to the article. My stomach is still 'empty' so to speak, since it's just flavored water and nothing 'nutritious' so to speak.

    He does seem to substitute 'caffeine' for coffee in most of the article.

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