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> I used to use 360mg before exercise Being of a moderate calibre when it comes to ultra-endurance types of events, I'm curious as to why you would consume so

• vidarh 13y ago
  High doses of caffeine are commonly used in pre-workout formulas for weight lifting and power lifting for increased focus and perceived energy. It does not increase your lifting capacity per se, but a lot of people feel it makes it at least subjectively easier to take out your max potential as so much of heavy lifts is down to mental focus - if you go into a heavy set not thinking you'll make it, you almost certainly won't because the slightest little hesitation at the wrong moment or lack of that extra little push will get you stuck. It's perfectly possible it's placebo - it's hard to double blind test this as the effect of high caffeine doses is extremely noticeable. But if is placebo, I'm ok with that. Incidentally the benefits of caffeine (at much more moderate levels) for endurance exercise is a lot better established than for high intensity weight lifting, as far as I know.