Caffeine gum enhances wrestling performance 🤼

The most practical source of caffeine?

Caffeinated Chewing Gum Improves Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Wrestling Performance: A Double-Blind Crossover Trial

Study Details

This new study recruited 16 professional male wrestlers who were assigned either…

☕️ Caffeine gum (3 mg/kg)

💊 Placebo gum

…15-min prior to strength, wrestling performance and salivary assessments 🔍

Participants completed both conditions in a crossover fashion 🔀

Key Findings

Caffeine gum led to significantly improved throws in rounds 1, 2 and total throws during the assessment 📈

Salivary α-amylase concentrations were also higher in the caffeine gum group 🔬

Markers of strength were not different between the groups ❌

Conclusion

Caffeine gum can enhance sport specific performance outcomes, potentially through increased sympathetic nerve activity ✅

For strength outcomes, a higher dose of caffeine (> 3 mg/kg) may be required 🧐

Reference

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41237761/

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