Caffeine supplementation can make runners run firther and improve pace strategy

  • Elias de França GEPAME - Metabolism of Exercise Research and Study Group - São Judas University
  • Ana Paula Xavier Laboratory of Exercise and Movement Sciences, Mackenzie Presbiterian University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • Igor Roberto Dias GEPAME - Metabolism of Exercise Research and Study Group - São Judas University
  • Romeu Rodrigues de Souza Professor, Post-graduate Course on Physical Education, São Judas Tadeu University, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Sônia Cavalcanti Corrêa Laboratory of Exercise and Movement Sciences, Mackenzie Presbiterian University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • Marco Antônio Rabelo da Silva Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Cezar Antônio Rabelo da Silva School of Integrative and Global Majors (SIGMA), University of Tsukuba, Japan
  • Raul Agostinho Simões Martins Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Vinicius Barroso Hirota Laboratory of Exercise and Movement Sciences, Mackenzie Presbiterian University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • Ronaldo Vagner Thomatieli dos Santos Centro de Estudos em Psicobiologia e Exercí­cio (CEPE), São Paulo, SP, Brasil
  • Érico Chagas Caperuto GEPAME - Metabolism of exercise Research and Study group - São Judas University
Keywords: Time to exhaustion, Pace Strategy, Ergogenic aid, Rating Perceived Exertion

Abstract

Caffeine can stimulate the central nervous system and thus increase exercise tolerance throughout rating perceived exertion (RPE) changes and it can change the pace strategy (PS) during a physical task. The aim of this study was to check if caffeine supplementation might promote changes in PS during a laboratory run test (LRT). In a double-blind, crossover, randomized and counterbalanced fashion, fifteen healthy-male (age: 24 ± 4.4 years; VO2max. 53 ± 5 ml.Kg-1.min-1) ingested 6 mg.kg-1 of CAF or placebo supplementation, 60 minutes before the LRT. The LRT was three-minutes sets (at fixed speed, 1 km/h above Onset Blood Lactate Accumulation) until volitional exhaustion; Rest Time Interval (RTI) between sets were chosen by the participants in the first test (ranging from 30 to 60s). RPE, Heart Rate (HR) and blood plasma lactate concentration ([La]p) were collected at rest, immediately after each set and at the end of test. Time to exhaustion was higher for CAF (p= 0.014). RTI between sets was significantly lower in caffeine (p= 0.048) and this decreased significantly the time to perform a same distance (p= 0.034). Overall HR and [La]p was similar for both conditions (p= 0.252, p= 0.129, respectively). Despite similar overall RPE throughout test (p= 0.380), in caffeine, there was not a RPE abrupt increase similar to placebo. Caffeine supplementation can positively influence running PS (to decrease the RTI required for recovery between moments of high-intensity exercise), as well as, can make an individual run further (in the same event).

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Published
2018-02-06
How to Cite
de França, E., Xavier, A. P., Dias, I. R., de Souza, R. R., Corrêa, S. C., Rabelo da Silva, M. A., Rabelo da Silva, C. A., Martins, R. A. S., Hirota, V. B., dos Santos, R. V. T., & Caperuto, Érico C. (2018). Caffeine supplementation can make runners run firther and improve pace strategy. RBNE - Brazilian Journal of Sports Nutrition, 11(67), 813-825. Retrieved from https://www.rbne.com.br/index.php/rbne/article/view/907
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Vol. 11 No. 67 (2017): Supplemental 1
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