science

14812 readers

25 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

rule #1: be kind

<--- rules currently under construction, see current pinned post.

2024-11-11

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

150

A caffeine supplementation of 3 mg/kg significantly improved performance of elite e-sports players, by enhancing reaction and shooting skills (original.newsbreak.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

33 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Andrew Huberman discussed the science behind caffeine and the circumstances under which it can lead to improved athletic performance. Long story short: even if you're a regular Caffeine user, taking a day or two break, and timing your caffeine intake to an hour or 90 minutes prior to performing gets the best results. I do it with Mate and my performance in sports goed through the roof

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

LMAO. I tried this advice. You go though caffeine withdrawals, but like, perpetually. It never ends.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah when I stop drinking mate for a day or two I get slight headaches. The more caffeine you take daily the harder it is to quit it cold turkey

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even better than caffeine for performance is METH!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Unironically, yeah. Amphetamines were one of the first drugs they started piss testing for in organized sports