Do you drink coffee before a workout?

[Smurfy]

Do you find it gives you a good enough boost of energy? Ive been drinking coffee for 2 days now. Im thinking about stopping for a cup before i hit the gym later. Is this smart?

 

[Dougly]

I do. It's the C in my EC.

 

[Seashell]

I take caffeine pills.. works great after a long day of work.

 

[string_bean00]

Caffeine tabs sometimes. I don't care for coffee.

 

[Smurfy]

ok well, this is my first time really trying coffee. ive never been a coffee drinker and ive never had a desire to even try it out on a regular basis. but i think i like it. that flavored coffee is damn good. and it gets me wired which i like. i do have a thermo concoction i can take but something about what's in it is possibly making me sick so im trying to avoid taking that. ( i think its the synephrine, yohimbine, caffeine mix that doesnt agree with me).

 

[bran987]

it really helps me throw up during workouts

 

[SoreArms]

I've gotten to the point where I just drink coffee through out the day, rather thant just in the mornings. I also take caffeine pills during long days or days when I'm just worn out. I don't drink it pre workout 'cause I use creatine and creatine and caffeine are not supposed to be taken together.

masochystic

 

[Buddy_Christ]

downside to coffee is it dehydrates you. i've never really used it for energy pre-workout, but a lot of my workouts are in the morning and i finish a cup of coffee before walking into the gym. just timing i guess.

 

[V-Machine]

I do. 2 cups half hour before. Gets me focussed and alert.

Sergio Olivia used to drink black coffee during a workout for the exact same reason.

 

[Ulcasterdropout]

.....yes

 

[Seashell]

masochystic

lol..

 

[SAGAT]

i drink it pre workout too and notice it when i dont

 

[Smurfy]

ok i guess ill snag a cup before i go to the gym later. thanks guys.

 

[d3track]

told ya
iced vanilla mocha
extra expresso shot

 

[Lestat]

I will sometimes, it definitely helps.

 

[jerkbox]

usually

 

[Buddy_Christ]

bjork box, when do you NOT drink coffee?

 

[jerkbox]

when i'm drinking beer

 

[jerkbox]

speaking of which, i was at the drafting room today......good call

 

[Devastation]

never. i take in nearly zero caffiene. no pop, coffee, chocolate, pills, etc
i think it's benefitted my workouts not depending on the shit

 

[Spartacus]

so how much does caffiene interfere with creatine uptake?

 

[time2getbig]

I take caffeine pills.. works great after a long day of work.

this is true, I take a 200mg tab before working out

 

[gonelifting]

I like E+C but if it`s an evening workout I`ll take just the C pill, unless I MUST have energy at all costs because it will kep me up when taken too late. 6 PM is really my max time to take anything if I`m gonna sleep OK.

Also, I`m finding the more carbs I eat during the day, the less I need the extra stuff.

 

[Smurfy]

update: i grabbed a medium french vanilla coffee right before i trained this evening. i felt fine and not the usual fatigue i have on fridays. so it worked. all hail to the java.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

speaking of which, i was at the drafting room today......good call

told ya it was a decent place. the whole bar area used to be a deli actually. the middle room between the bar and the dining room (which i guess is a bar overflow area/smoking section) used to be the bar when they first opened. unreal how packed they could get it. even when they closed the deli and made that the bar, i've been in there where it was near to impossible to grab a beer.

if i had pics of some of the chicks i used to work with there, i'd send 'em to you so you could scout the place out and lemme know if they're still there. I do, however, expect Psycho Lisa to still be working there. awesome body, face that makes you wanna cry. we used to ask each other who's sick joke it was to put a face like that on such an awesome body. plus she's psycho. tazmanian devil, no joke. but damn, she had an awesome body

 

[canadianhitman]

I snag a medium double-double from Tim Horton's before almost every workout.

 

[Pamela]

ok well, this is my first time really trying coffee. ive never been a coffee drinker and ive never had a desire to even try it out on a regular basis. but i think i like it. that flavored coffee is damn good. and it gets me wired which i like.

Ummm

I have Hazelnut Cream Flavored Coffee before I workout..

 

[Lumberg]

all hail to the java.