Should caffeine be used as part of bodybuilding supplements?  Do you avoid any supplement that has caffeine as a major ingredient?  It isn’t necessary.  The responses of the body to caffeine make it a good bodybuilding supplement.

There is a substance in your body called Adenosine that makes you drowsy.  There are receptors in the brain that link with Adenosine causing blood cells to expand and nerve cell activity to decrease making you sleepy.  Caffeine and Adenosine look the same to the brain receptors, but caffeine causes the opposite reaction.  Instead of getting sleepy when caffeine hooks to brain receptors, you get a burst of energy because nerve cells move quicker and neuron firing in the brain is increased.

When the neuron firing increases, adrenaline is released by the pituitary gland.  The “buzz” affect you sometimes feel when you’ve had a lot of coffee is a result of the rapid neuron firing and the adrenaline combined.  Adrenaline is the “fight or flight” hormone and it causes many physical reactions including:

Your breathing tubes open up more to help you take in more oxygen so your muscles work more efficiently.

 

Pulse increases to move that oxygen rich to the muscles.

 

Blood vessels nearer to the skin contract, increasing blood flow to the muscles.

 

Blood flow to the stomach decreases.

 

The liver puts more sugar into the blood for more energy.

 

Muscles tighten getting ready for action.

Your workout can be much more productive when your body is reacting to adrenaline.  Look at this article on building biceps to see how you can combine this supplement with good form to get big biceps.

Caffeine can really be one of the best bodybuilding supplements, so don’t avoid it.

   Take caffeine as a supplement before your workout to help you train longer and harder – most people can safely take about 500 mg a day.  But the best thing about using caffeine as a pre-workout supplement is you don’t have to drink 8 cups of coffee before your workout, nor do you have to break the bank on a pricey supplement that includes caffeine.  This is what you do to get the best, least expensive body building supplement out there:

Go to your local pharmacy and look for the generic brand of “No-Doze” or “Stay-Alert.  Generic brands should have identical active ingredients as the name brand, check the active ingredients label to make sure.  Tablets that are uncoated are better because they are more easily crushed.  The tablet should have 200 mg. of caffeine, the same as in 2 1/2 cups of coffee.

Crush a pill to powder about 15 minutes before your workout.  Mix the powder with juice or coffee and drink it.  Caffeine effects wear off after about an hour and are not permanent.  Look at this article about getting big biceps or this one on getting washboard abs to see how to best use the extra kick you get from caffeine. 

Some research suggest that using caffeine may boost memory and can reduce the chances of developing Parkinson’s disease.  So use caffeine to build big muscles and stop avoiding it.

 

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