Coffee and Caffeine Ingestion Have Little Effect on Repeated Sprint Cycling in Relatively Untrained Males

Neil Clarke; Harry Baxter; Emmanuel Fajemilua; Victoria Jones; Samuel Oxford; Darren Richardson; Charlotte Wyatt; Peter Mundy

doi:10.3390/sports4030045

Coffee and Caffeine Ingestion Have Little Effect on Repeated Sprint Cycling in Relatively Untrained Males

Neil Clarke, Harry Baxter, Emmanuel Fajemilua, Victoria Jones, Samuel Oxford, Darren Richardson, Charlotte Wyatt, Peter Mundy

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The present study investigated the effect of ingesting caffeine-dose-matched anhydrous caffeine or coffee on the performance of repeated sprints. Twelve recreationally active males (mean ± SD age: 22 ± 2 years, height: 1.78 ± 0.07 m, body mass: 81 ± 16 kg) completed eighteen 4 s sprints with 116 s recovery on a cycle ergometer on four separate occasions in a double-blind, randomised, counterbalanced crossover design. Participants ingested either 3 mg·kg−1 of caffeine (CAF), 0.09 g·kg−1 coffee, which provided 3 mg·kg−1 of caffeine (COF), a taste-matched placebo beverage (PLA), or a control condition (CON) 45 min prior to commencing the exercise protocol. Peak and mean power output and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were recorded for each sprint. There were no significant differences in peak power output (CAF: 949 ± 199 W, COF: 949 ± 174 W, PLA: 971 ± 149 W and CON: 975 ± 170 W; p = 0.872; η2P = 0.02) or mean power output (CAF: 873 ± 172 W, COF: 862 ± 44 W, PLA: 887 ± 119 W and CON: 892 ± 143 W; p = 0.819; η2P = 0.03) between experimental conditions. Mean RPE was similar for all trials (CAF: 11 ± 2, COF: 11 ± 2, PLA: 11 ± 2 and CON: 11 ± 2; p = 0.927; η2P = 0.01). Neither the ingestion of COF or CAF improved repeated sprint cycling performance in relatively untrained males.

Original language	English
Article number	45
Journal	Sports
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/sports4030045
Publication status	Published - 29 Aug 2016

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caffeine
coffee
repeated sprints
cycling

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Clarke, N., Baxter, H., Fajemilua, E., Jones, V., Oxford, S., Richardson, D., ... Mundy, P. (2016). Coffee and Caffeine Ingestion Have Little Effect on Repeated Sprint Cycling in Relatively Untrained Males. Sports, 4(3), [45]. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports4030045

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