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Drink Coffee Before Exercise, Not After, For Best

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Drink Coffee Before Exercise, Not After, For Best


Drink caffeinated coffee before you workout, not after, for best results. There’s an abundance of evidence showing coffee can increase fat burning during exercise, make you more motivated to work hard, and improve your workout capacity.

However, if you drink it post-workout, you will delay recovery and elevate the stress hormone cortisol just when you need to clear it. Don’t make this mistake!
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Exercising naturally elevates cortisol because you are overloading the body so that it has to adapt by getting stronger and building tissue. After exercise, you want to do everything you can to help the body metabolize that cortisol so that you get rid of all the waste products that your body produces from working hard.
If cortisol remains high, waste won’t be removed, tissue won’t be rebuilt as quickly, recovery will be delayed, and you’ll feel fatigued for longer.
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Caffeine has been shown to elevate cortisol, and at the least, its presence in the body will slow the metabolism of cortisol. To avoid this and get the best training results, use the following nutrition and fueling strategies: Start Meals With Veggies or Salad to Stay Lean and Get More Nutrients
  • Drink coffee pre-workout for better focus and work capacity. One study showed that when sleep-deprived trainees ingested caffeine pre-workout, they worked just as hard as well-rested subjects, whereas sleep-deprived folks who didn’t drink caffeine chose to lift lighter weights and performed less work.
  • Drinking caffeinated coffee pre-workout will improve fat loss by mobilizing fatty acids to be burned for fuel during exercise.
  • Clear excess caffeine and cortisol post-workout by taking at least 2 grams of vitamin C—this nutrient is well proven to help metabolize both.
  • After exercise, opt for green tea, a protein shake, or decaf organic coffee if you feel you must have coffee after training. Green tea contains numerous antioxidants that can accelerate recovery and it has not been found to elevate cortisol.  by Poliquin Group™ Editorial Staff


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