Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
Volume 13 | Issue 4
The capacity to create large amounts of force is one of the most important aspects influencing success in a wide range of sporting activities. As the most extensively used psychoactive drug in the world, caffeine is widely utilized by athletes before competitions to improve their physical and mental performance. Due to the high number of athletes who regularly use caffeine, it is vital to study the effects of acute caffeine administration in caffeine-dependent athletes. Caffeine has been shown to increase strength, repeatability, and work volume in strength trained athletes. A total of 18 strength trained athletes were selected in the age group of 18 to 25 years who were undergoing strength training for at least past 6 months. The subjects were administered caffeine and placebo in two separate sessions. The subjects performed agility test, bench press and leg press. Baseline and post intervention values were recorded. To examine the difference between the effects of caffeine and placebo, t-test was used. The results showed that caffeine causes significant improvement in agility (p<0.05) in strength trained athletes as compared to placebo but no significant differences were observed in percentage improvements in leg press and bench press in caffeine and placebo effect.