The Claim
Acute ingestion of caffeine at a dose of 5 mg/kg reduces the rating of perceived exertion during moderate-intensity resistance exercise at 50% one-repetition maximum in young, healthy adults, indicating a central nervous system-mediated reduction in fatigue perception during sustained muscular effort.
What the research says
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Consuming 5 mg of caffeine per kilogram of body weight lowers the feeling of effort during moderate-intensity weightlifting in young, healthy adults, due to reduced fatigue signaling in the central nervous system.
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Acute caffeine ingestion at 5 mg/kg reduces rating of perceived exertion during moderate-intensity resistance exercise (50% 1RM) in young, healthy adults, indicating a central nervous system-mediated reduction in fatigue perception during sustained muscular effort.
Caffeine enters the brain and sticks to special receptors that normally sense tiredness, preventing those signals from being sent. This makes the brain feel less fatigued during muscle work, so the person thinks the effort is easier even when the physical load stays the same.
What the research says
1 studyPeople who took caffeine before lifting light weights felt like the workout was easier, even though they were lifting the same amount of weight as when they didn’t take caffeine.
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