Download or read book The Effects of Acute Caffeine Ingestion on Repeated-sprint Performance in College-aged Non-athletes written by Michael D. Belbis and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caffeine is one of the most widely used drugs in the world, commonly ingested in coffee, tea, soda, chocolate, and energy drinks, due to its benefits of increasing mental and physical capabilities. Caffeine has also been commonly used as an ergogenic aid when performing repeated-sprint activity. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of 200 mg of caffeine during repeated-sprint activity on heart rate, rating of perceived exertion, blood lactate concentration, and sprint time. METHODS: Thirty-two students (Age: 22.19 ± 2.29 years; Height: 170.58 ± 10.18 cm; Weight: 74.78 ± 12.76 kg; BMI: 25.59 ± 2.78) participated in the study. The study followed a randomized crossover trial, in which each participant ingested either 200 mg of caffeine (CAF) or placebo (PLA) 45 minutes prior to each of the two exercise sessions. The sprinting protocol consisted of three sets of six maximal-effort 30-meter sprints. Each single sprint covered a 15-meter distance between the starting line and the secondary marker, such that each subject sprinted down to the secondary marker and back to the starting line. Each of the six sprints in a set were separated by a total of 20 seconds using an active recovery modality. Following each sprint set, heart rate, blood lactate concentration, sprint time, and the rating of perceived exertion were recorded. RESULTS: The caffeine trials were not significantly different than the placebo trials for heart rate and the rating of perceived exertion. However, for the rating of perceived exertion, there was a main effect for time [F(3,93) = 292.810, p