Should You Drink Coffee Before Your Workout, and if so, where can you get one on a Saturday or Sunday in the City?
Coffee can help boost strength, power, and endurance during workouts.
While options abound, one of the most popular pre-workout drinks is coffee. High in caffeine, coffee makes for an effective beverage to enhance exercise performance.
Though you don’t need caffeine to get into a good workout, many people consume caffeine before exercising to give them additional energy and help them reach their performance goals.
In fact, caffeine has been widely researched as an effective ergogenic acid — or performance enhancer — in both strength and cardio training. Its benefits may include increased muscular strength, endurance, and power:
- increased aerobic endurance
- improved sprinting, jumping, and throwing performance
- sparing glycogen stores and utilising fat as a main fuel source
- enhanced focus and alertness
Most research suggests that you should drink coffee around 25–40 minutes prior to exercise to allow the caffeine to get absorbed into your bloodstream and reach its peak effectiveness).
For those who frequent the Athletic Department on the weekend, you will now be able to make and enjoy your own coffee right on lane 5.
Each Saturday and Sunday members will be able to access a coffee machine to make a coffee and give themselves the peak performance energy needed!
The machine will be operational from 8am onwards, skim and full cream milk will be provided as well as English breakfast tea for those who prefer a cup of tea.
We look forward to seeing members enjoy this new benefit.
