Episode Details

Q&A #48 - Running and VLaMax; Cutting out caffeine in lead-up to races to minimise caffeine tolerance

• Strength endurance: why and how to lower VLaMax for running? 
• Do you need to abstain from caffeine in the lead-up to a race to get the full effect of pre-race caffeine supplementation?

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• FTP, VO2max and VLaMax: what triathletes need to know with Sebastian Weber | EP#169
• Time course of tolerance to the performance benefits of caffeine
• Dispelling the myth that habitual caffeine consumption influences the performance response to acute caffeine supplementation.

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