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A caffeine supplementation of 3 mg/kg significantly improved performance of elite e-sports players, by enhancing reaction and shooting skills (original.newsbreak.com)
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 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

[–] cashews_best_nut 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even better than caffeine for performance is METH!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] [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