Muscle soreness

[Cookie]

*University** of Illinois** researchers found that caffeine intake is
associated with pain reduction in both young men who take in lots of
caffeine and also in young men who don't.*

*They signed up 25 fit, college-aged men to take part in experiments
that required them to exercise. Some were regular caffeine users --
drinking the equivalent of four cups of coffee a day on average -- while
others weren’t used to consuming much if any Joe.*

*The volunteers completed an initial exercise test on a stationary cycle
to test for maximal oxygen consumption. Then they returned for two
monitored, high-intensity, half-hour exercise sessions. Each session was
separated by a week. The men were asked to refrain from caffeine,
alcohol, and exercise prior to the testing days.*

*For one testing session, the men were given a placebo pill an hour
prior to the high-intensity exercise. For the other session, men were
given a caffeine pill (with the same amount of caffeine in 2.5 to 3 cups
of coffee) prior to exercise.*

*The researchers, from the University of Illinois, questioned the men at
regular intervals about their perceptions of quadriceps muscle pain,
while they collected data on oxygen consumption, heart rate, and work rate.*

*The researchers found a statistically significant reduction in
quadriceps muscle pain after giving the caffeine compared to the placebo
pill. Both men accustomed to consuming caffeine and those who were not
habitual caffeine drinkers demonstrated reduced pain with caffeine
ingestion prior to exercise testing. *

*The study appears in the April edition of the International Journal of
Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.*

*How Does Caffeine Reduce Muscle Pain?** *

*Robert Motl, PhD, one of the researchers and a former competitive
cyclist, says it’s become increasingly common for athletes to consume a
variety of substances that include caffeine, motivated by “the notion
that it will help you metabolize fat more readily.”*

*But that idea isn’t supported by compelling research, he says.*

*Motl, a professor of kinesiology and community health at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, says he had found in earlier research
that caffeine affects a system in the brain and spinal cord involved in
pain processing, which led him to speculate that it could reduce pain.*

*“What we saw [in this study] is something we didn’t expect,” he says in
a news release. “Caffeine-naive individuals and habitual users have the
same amount of reduction in pain during exercise after caffeine.”*

*More research, he says, might answer the question of whether a
reduction in pain could result in an improvement in performance of
athletes.*

*“If you go to the gym and you exercise and it hurts, you may be prone
to stop doing that because pain is an aversive stimulus that tells you
to withdraw,” he says. “So if we could give people a little caffeine and
reduce the amount of pain they’re experiencing, maybe that would help
them stick with that exercise.”*

*SOURCES: News release, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. *

*Gliottoni, R. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise
Metabolism, April 2009*

[Al]

*“If you go to the gym and you exercise and it hurts, you may be prone
to stop doing that because pain is an aversive stimulus that tells you
to withdraw,” he says. “So if we could give people a little caffeine and
reduce the amount of pain they’re experiencing, maybe that would help
them stick with that exercise.”*

I always stop at the first sign of any discomfort

[Al]

However being "psyched up" for a workout does make a difference. Maybe a caffeine buzz is a bit of mental attitude in a cup (For some).

[Cookie]

I say that the adrenaline released through the use of caffiene will help to reduce your *perception* of pain

[samurai69]

I say that the adrenaline released through the use of caffiene will help to reduce your *perception* of pain

you can stimulate the adrenal gland with deep abdominal breathing..............try that and see if the effect is the same


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[Cookie]

you can stimulate the adrenal gland with deep abdominal breathing..............try that and see if the effect is the same

I would probably get dizzy & fall over