Papers/PMID:39246027
Caffeine, but not paracetamol (acetaminophen), enhances muscular endurance, strength, and power.
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition2024The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
What it reported
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1 finding
caffeine — increases repetitions to failure at a fixed relative load
Evidence strength: limited.Finding“Compared to placebo, isolated caffeine ingestion increased the number of repetitions performed in the bench press (p = 0.005; d = 0.42).”
Quoted verbatim from Caffeine, but not paracetamol (acetaminophen), enhances muscular endurance, strength, and power.. - Study
- crossover
- Dose
- caffeine 3 mg/kg, single dose 45 min before testing
- Population
- 29 resistance-trained participants (11 men and 18 women); caffeine alone compared with placebo, in a four-condition crossover that also included paracetamol and caffeine plus paracetamol; bench press at 75% of 1RM to momentary muscular failure
Caffeine, but not paracetamol (acetaminophen), enhances muscular endurance, strength, and power.2024PMID:3924602710.1080/15502783.2024.2400513Permalink