Weekly Recap 10/20-10/26
Here’s what we are reading, watching, and liking.
The article of the week is “The Lifter’s Guide to Caffeine” from Stronger By Science.
The video of the week is a short video for some “One sheet” meals that are easy to make and clean up.
Our first social media post of the week is from Precision Nutrition on sleep trackers and has a full talk from several sleep experts on the ins and outs of tracking sleep. To conclude, we have a post from Girls Gone Strong about how trainer’s comments can impact their clients.
Article of the Week
Caffeine has long been touted as a performance-enhancing supplement. This article discusses what caffeine does in the body, how it affects strength performance, and whether or not health and safety concerns about caffeine are warranted.
Caffeine (1,3,7-trimethylxanthine) belongs to a group of compounds called methylxanthines, which are primarily known for their stimulatory effects. In nature, caffeine serves as a natural pesticide that plants produce to keep insects from eating them. In the modern human diet, caffeine is a remarkably common component of numerous foods and beverages, and recent estimates suggest that up to 85% of US adults regularly consume caffeine. Average adult caffeine intakes vary among countries; Americans consume about 186mg per day, while the estimate is 260mg per day in Japan, and is likely higher in the world’s leaders in coffee consumption, including Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
