Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Benefits Of Caffeine For Physical Training And Fat Loss


Caffeine has recently become very popular with folks trying to lose weight or build muscle . They have started to come with pre-workout supplements or simply sold in pill form . But how much does caffeine help you really ? Be it whether you're trying to lose weight or build muscle , caffeine is definitely one of the things you would want to have in your arsenal . Here are a few reasons .




Fat loss
Caffeine increases free flowing fatty acids from your fat stores allowing you to access fat instead of carbohydrates or lean muscle for energy . Which basically means it will assist in fat loss while you work out .

Endurance
The high ( related extremely closely to a adrenaline high ) which you get from caffeine greatly affects your endurance especially so with cardiovascular training or high intensity training . Essentially , when training , half of the battle is mental . Training with a caffeine high makes you feel a lot more energetic .

Strength
Because caffeine stimulates your central nervous system (CNS) , which increases the signals sent to the muscles .Hence allowing you to lift slightly heavier weights .

Increased Heart Rate
Increased heart rate , which in turn means better blood flow to your entire body , which helps with fat burning as well . Especially so for hard to burn areas like your lower abs and your love handles .

Concentration
And lastly , concentration , which is relatively important to make sure you are keeping your form when lifting . This is especially helpful when you start to get worn out by high intensity training .

Though all of the benefits of caffeine for your workout is tremendous to say the least , caffeine should never be something your rely on completely or abuse . Overdoing caffeine will fry your central nervous system (CNS) . A good plan would be to cycle your caffeine as unlike drinking just coffee , using caffeine for physical training tends to mean way higher dosages of caffeine as compared to the caffeine present in coffee or tea . Hence , here are a few basic guidelines to follow to make sure you get the most out of a extremely useful drug .

Cycling Your Caffeine Intake
Try taking your caffeine , be it in pill form or in your pre-workout like Jack3d , in cycles of 1 month on 2 weeks off . This is just a guideline and should be adjusted according to your body . This is to make sure your body doesn't simply just build up a tolerance to caffeine . Certain people feel that the effect loses its potency after about 2 weeks , certain people 1 month .

Abusing of Caffeine
Restrict from taking high doses of caffeine too often . Taking high doses of  caffeine too often will most likely fry your central nervous system pretty badly . Not something to be taken lightly at all . A rough gauge of when is too much would be never to take more than 4 high doses of caffeine a week . Even that would not be advised .

1 comments:

shashi said...

how much caffeine do you recommend as safe before workout?

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