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Optimal Timing of Caffeine for Physical Performance discusses how athletes can maximize caffeine's benefits by consuming small doses (3 mg/kg) at the onset of fatigue rather than before exercise, with research showing 2-4% endurance improvements. The article emphasizes that caffeine response is highly individual and that caffeine abstinence before competition is not necessary to maintain performance benefits.
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Optimal Timing of Caffeine for Physical Performance discusses how athletes can maximize caffeine's benefits by consuming small doses (3 mg/kg) at the onset of fatigue rather than before exercise, with research showing 2-4% endurance improvements. The article emphasizes that caffeine response is highly individual and that caffeine abstinence before competition is not necessary to maintain performance benefits.
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caffeine · sports-nutrition · athletic-performance · timing-strategy · endurance-sports · fatigue-management · personalization
Key entities
Louise Burke (person, 0.99) · Kristy Hamilton (person, 0.95) · Marily Oppezzo (person, 0.95) · Australian Catholic University (organization, 0.98) · Australian Institute of Sport (organization, 0.98) · Summer Olympic Games (event, 0.97) · caffeine habituation (concept, 0.92) · endurance performance (concept, 0.93) · caffeine supplementation (technology, 0.9)
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reference · language en · status final
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claude-haiku-4-5 via @stacklist/be@0.1.0, confidence 0.85, 30 Aug 2026