coffee works amazing, plus has beneficial affects other then from the caffeine, i read this article a few days ago , it may be on a 6 pack quest type of site but it was very informative.
Caffeine: Pain reliever, Performance Enhancer, Fat-burner and Anti-cancer Compound
by Paul Cribb, B.H.Sci HMS
AST Director of Research
Caffeine is a naturally occurring stimulant found in coffee. Caffeine is the most socially acceptable drug in the world. Coffee is second only to tea (another caffeine-containing brew) as the most popular beverage in the world. Despite this, very little is known about how caffeine works, that is, its intracellular mechanism of action. However, recent studies have unveiled many important benefits of caffeine and coffee consumption, particularly for athletes. Many of these benefits have never previously been considered.
At the cellular level, caffeine owes its psycho-stimulant action to the inhibition of the adenosine A2A receptors. (Adenosine is one of the four building blocks of DNA and an important signaling molecule in the brain.) At concentrations equivalent to a few cups of coffee a day, caffeine binds and blocks nerve cells that normally inhibit voluntary movements in the brain’s movement centre, (the striatum). This creates that subtle but very cool “wired” feeling from a jolt of caffeine.
Most athletes know that caffeine gives a workout a serious boost. However, caffeine has recently been shown to be effective at reducing mus........
effects of coffee on training
