In overweight and obese women, 12 weeks of sprint interval training reduces fat mass and improves strength, heart and lung fitness, and metabolic health. Adding caffeine to this training provides only minor extra benefits.

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Caffeine-augmented Sprint interval training outcomes in obese women: an examination by inter-individual analysis on physical and physiological adaptive responses

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2025

The study found that when overweight women did sprint training with caffeine, they lost more fat and got stronger and fitter than when they did the same training without caffeine — meaning caffeine helped a lot, not just a little.

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Caffeine-augmented Sprint interval training outcomes in obese women: an examination by inter-individual analysis on physical and physiological adaptive responses

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DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1655449

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