May 22, 2023

Caffeine Periodization For Combat Sports w/ Craig Pickering (SSOF Ep 60)

36 minutes

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As a former professional athlete in both track (100m) and bobsled, Craig competed in five World Championships and two Olympic Games, and he’s one of only eight British athletes to be selected for both a Summer and Winter Olympics.He also knows about what’s going on behind the training. After receiving a BSc (Hons) in Sports and Exercise Science from Bath University, is finished his doctoral degree at the University of Central Lancashire.Pickering is currently Director of Performance Sustainability for Athletics Australia.

Timestamps

0:00 - Craig's background

1:32 - Current caffeine recommendations

5:51 - How habitual caffeine intake affects acute performance

7:55 - Does the type of caffeine matter?

10:10 - Do you have the caffeine gene?

13:50 - Caffeine periodization

16:33 - Why you shouldn't always have caffeine before competition

19:45 - When to stop taking caffeine in the day

20:53 - Taste is erogenic?24:45 - How to take caffeine when fighting multiple times in a day

28:38 - Non responders to exercise

Craig's Twitter: https://twitter.com/craig100m

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Craig-Pickering

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