Thread: Starbucks at the Gym?

not coffee but i sometimes have a caffienated drink if i'm tired.

A lot of guys at my gym bring in coffee and drink it during their w/o....And of course, they leave the empty glasses everywhere!!! arrgh that gets me pissed!!!!

with the exception of green tea I avoid caffiene. coffee is like crack to some people, they can't function with out it, that shit kills me.

Originally Posted by LAM

with the exception of green tea I avoid caffiene. coffee is like crack to some people, they can't function with out it, that shit kills me.

my thoughts exactly. i get lectured on my habit of smoking pot 1-2x/week by people that have to suck down 100oz of coffee/day to function

hell, where i work they sell gourmet coffee right there, in the gym, in front of the cardio machines. And when i'm working out at 6 am, the bold scent of cuban coffee fills the air in the weight room.

i have not had coffee in weeks. Weird, considering that i went from hating it to depending on it, to just recently forgetting that it is even there. I have been drinking tea like crazy. MOstly decaf tea, peppermint or raspberry tea (www.stashtea.com).

If you are working out saturday night at 11 o´clock, coffee is not exactly the thing you should worry about.

No, I pretty much don´t drink anything besides water or maltodextrin. I think I might get sick if I ate or drank something like coffee.

Originally Posted by Vieope

If you are working out saturday night at 11 o´clock, coffee is not exactly the thing you should worry about......

That really all depends on where your priorities are.

Caffeine helps to increase strength because it releases epinephrine from the adrenal glands, resulting in increased muscle contraction. Perceived exertion is reduced when this happens.

Meaning: caffeine=pushing more weight.

Please for the sake of your taste buds drink coffee that isn't over roasted and shitty (a.k.a Starbucks)

I don't drink coffee 'during' my workout but always have a big cup of it on my way to the gym, directly before training.

I always have a coffee before my workout, it's part of my ritual.

I thought caffein is really bad for you, there are lists and lists of health problems you can get from drinking it, thats why i only drink 1 soda a week. you might be saying wtf man soda is bad for you, well it is but look at coffee too, i read a study where there is more than 44 chemicals in coffee, 23 of those were tested and 18 of them were founded cancergenic. If you ask for evidence i dont have the article but i might be able to dig it up

no coffee for me during workouts. before i go though usually wake up to nice glass of
water and then a diet Dr. Pepper also i take a ECA stack and i'm rockin at like 430am
during my morning cardio. I do get a bit dehydrated though. Green Tea sometime too
but I really don't like coffee.

coffee makes me tired, maybe it has too much caffeine for me, but i feel like going to sleep after drinking a whole bunch.

how the fuck do you drink coffee during your workout? I mean, after finishing squats or deadlifts and im breathing heavily i gulp down some water. But...coffee? Thats just gross

Originally Posted by shiznit2169

how the fuck do you drink coffee during your workout? I mean, after finishing squats or deadlifts and im breathing heavily i gulp down some water. But...coffee? Thats just gross

Coffee and working out is like seeing semen in a baby's diaper..

COME ON PEOPLE... GROW UP

Originally Posted by nectron101

Coffee and working out is like seeing semen in a baby's diaper..

COME ON PEOPLE... GROW UP

Occasionally I'll take a cup of coffee sweetened with two splenda packets before workout. I get some awesome cardio out of that.

I used to have coffee probably around 3-5 times a week when I had no idea what I was doing diet wise and training wise. Now I'll just have one once every week or two as a treat, but there's no way I could have it anywhere close to my workout time. It makes me feel weird... Not really in a good way either.

Coffee sucks. I don't drink it.

Originally Posted by GoalGetter

hell, where i work they sell gourmet coffee right there, in the gym, in front of the cardio machines. And when i'm working out at 6 am, the bold scent of cuban coffee fills the air in the weight room.

i have not had coffee in weeks. Weird, considering that i went from hating it to depending on it, to just recently forgetting that it is even there. I have been drinking tea like crazy. MOstly decaf tea, peppermint or raspberry tea (www.stashtea.com).

i bought a bunch of their tea to try, i like the black chai spice best.

Temple of Heaven Gunpowder Tea i hear this is good too. but i'm not knocking coffee i love it. not while working out tho, just seems strange.

Originally Posted by nectron101

Coffee and working out is like seeing semen in a baby's diaper..

COME ON PEOPLE... GROW UP

I hope you don't baby sit.

Originally Posted by rockgazer69

Temple of Heaven Gunpowder Tea i hear this is good too. but i'm not knocking coffee i love it. not while working out tho, just seems strange.

Talk about good tea - i've been trying all the flavors of harney and sons that they sell at barnes and noble now... this one is great. http://www.harney.com/africanautumn.html

hot cinnamon spice and peach ginger are also really good.

I occasionaly go for a Red Bull if I'm particularly tired, but I try not to do it to often. I don't want to get to the point where I need it to get a good workout.

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Starbucks makes a mean Cafe Americano (espresso and water). Working out after a double shot of espresso is pretty frikkin fun.