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Effects Of Caffeine On Anaerobic Performance, Babak Mouri
Effects Of Caffeine On Anaerobic Performance, Babak Mouri
Kinesiology Student Research
INTRODUCTION: Anaerobic performance refers to high intensity, short duration exercise performance focusing on speed and power. These are short duration exercises with a high intensity, lasting from three seconds to a maximum of two minutes. The predominate systems within the body working during these performances are the adenosine triphosphate and phosphocreatine (ATP-PC) systems which utilizes stores in the muscle and anaerobic glycolysis which generates ATP and leads to the metabolic byproduct, lactic acid. Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant. This drug increases the metabolism of fatty acids, and in turn spares muscle glycogen to enhance performance. Glycogen is …
Endurance Performance After Caffeine Pill Ingestion, Sanaz Dokan, Morgann Robinson, Hang Dinh, Lenia Rodriguez, Jeanette Lopez
Endurance Performance After Caffeine Pill Ingestion, Sanaz Dokan, Morgann Robinson, Hang Dinh, Lenia Rodriguez, Jeanette Lopez
Kinesiology Student Research
Endurance is the capacity one can last during exercise and the time it takes to reach fatigue to a certain point. Caffeine is a mild stimulant drug providing many people with energy and/or alertness; it also stimulates the nervous muscles. Placebo is an experimental alternative to caffeine that was used. The study conducted compared caffeine pills to placebo pills (calcium) versus their VO2 levels, these results were achieved using a Balke treadmill endurance test. The purpose of this research is to examine If caffeine pills help increase endurance levels. 17 subjects participated in the graded exercise test until fatigue was …