Coffee before biking? You may have to stop on the side of the road sooner, but new research suggests that caffeine can help you get more bang from your workout buck, because it keep you from feeling the burn.
- A study published in the April issue of the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.
- Researchers had 25 subjects engage into tow bouts of high intensity cycling. Before each session, they gave every subject a pill.
- One time, the pill contained the equivalent of two or three cups of coffee. The other time it was just a placebo.
- The participants all said they felt less pain in their leg muscles during the caffeine-assisted workout than they did with the sugar pill.
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