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some people think i'm addicted to coffee. personally i disagree, but i can't deny that i feel it makes me happier and perform better. does anyone else feel this way? i feel i climb a little better, can push it a little harder for a little longer with a cup of coffee. anyone else notice this?

I am addicted to it and love it and it does wake me up, but it makes me shit like a goose through a screen door too.

Mj

Caffeine is so effective in sports that the Olympics actually banned it. I used to drink it before running, but I'd run often at 10 or 11pm and really needed a boost. It does make us more alert and it's a pain killer. In fact, if you get a headache, drink some java because it constricts blood vessels, unless the headache is a withdrawel symptom.

I don't think I've seen anyone more addicted to coffee than Spragwa. I bet she never gets tired.

I love coffee. I really love double shot espresso Lattes. I told my climbing buds that iwas going to start carrying a thermos of espresso to the crags and they laughed at me. Saturday, one of them carried 12 Red Bulls to Fortress. Whose laughing now? Hell I don't know? But I really have to watch my caffeine intake:
No more that 1cup at home in the AM 1 double latte on the way to work 1 at lunch and only one Red Bull at the gym. You see I am a controlled drinker. 8)

I go in waves, trying to lay off on the hot humid summer mornings. Some good tea is a pretty good caffine delivery drink that doesn't dehydrate me as much as coffee (FYI sik it doesn't flush the system like coffee does)

Yeah, I usually drink some Lipton tea on the way to the crag and try to steer clear of the coffee on climbing days.

Mj

Migeuls coffe is gauranteed to give you elvis leg while climbing. Stout stuff.

i feel terrible until i drink coffee in the mornings. i also feel terrible from coffee hangovers, like when you drive across the country and drink all that shit you can to stay awake.

I do the coffee thing sometimes, but my caffeine dose of choice is a cold bawls in the morning and a red bull during the day or before a cardio workout. Best way to use the bull for climbing is after a couple warm up routes/problems. Seems to be more effective that way for me.

It is also makes advil or alieve more effective to take them with some caffeine.

Wes

I went cold turkey off coffee once and stayed off about a year. I slept sounder, and wasn't quite so wired. I had been drinking a lot of coffee before that though. Now I have one cup in the morning and it does me well. I do love my morning cup!