Andrew Huberman· PhD
Thus, the ingestion-- and again, here they use 3 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body mass might be considered an ergogenic aid for women who are in the menstrual cycle during all three phases of their cycle.
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Thus, the ingestion-- and again, here they use 3 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body mass might be considered an ergogenic aid for women who are in the menstrual cycle during all three phases of their cycle.
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ingesting 1 to 3 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body weight in the 30 minutes or so prior to doing a memory task or sitting down to doing some studying or learning of any kind, physical or mental performance, of any kind is beneficial for all the reasons we talked about before, relate to dopamine and acetylcholine, et cetera.
Across the board, one finds that caffeine intake at a level of 1 to 3 milligrams per kilogram of body weight improves reaction time.
the use of caffeine at appropriate dosages and dosages for caffeine that are safe and in fact, performance enhancing were covered in the episode on caffeine turns out it's 1 to 3 milligrams per kilogram of body weight, by the way.
caffeine is of course a molecule that can increase levels of alertness it also can increase levels of focus provided that dosages are in the appropriate range the appropriate range in most cases is going to be one to three milligrams per kilogram of body weight taken 30 minutes or so before any kind of mental or physical Endeavor
it also has a definite mental performance-enhancing effect especially when people who are regular caffeine users have abstained from caffeine for anywhere from 2 to 15 days and and that's an extremely rare circumstance but even if they have not it appears that 1 to 3 milligrams per kilogram of body weight of caffeine taken about again it's not super precise as far as I uh can see uh about 30 minutes before the event starts um can really enhance reaction time and power output and uh as well as as you mentioned endurance
1 to 3 milligrams per kilogram of body weight of caffeine taken about again it's not super precise as far as I uh can see uh about 30 minutes before the event starts um can really enhance reaction time and power output and as well as as you mentioned endurance
that caffeine one to three milligrams per kilogram of body weight about 30 minutes prior to exercise has a definite performance- enhancing effect it also has a definite mental performance-enhancing effect especially when people who are regular caffeine users have abstained from caffeine for anywhere from 2 to 15 days and and that's an extremely rare circumstance but even if they have not it appears that 1 to 3 milligrams per kilogram of body weight of caffeine taken about again it's not super precise as far as I uh can see uh about 30 minutes before the event starts um can really enhance reaction time and power output and uh as well as as you mentioned endurance
once you cross the five m milligram per kilogram threshold you will start seeing performance decrements so there's absolutely such a thing of ruining your performance with too much caffeine
one to three milligrams I want to make sure that people hear the units correctly before people Blitz themselves out with that caffeine one to three milligrams per kilogram of body weight about 30 minutes prior to exercise has a definite performance- enhancing effect
The science points to a dose range of about 3 to 6 millig of caffeine per kilogram of your body weight. Practically speaking, if you weigh about 70 kg or 155 lbs, that's roughly 200 to 400 millig of caffeine or about 1 to four cups of coffee depending on how strong your coffee is.