How does acute caffeine ingestion affect maximal strength and muscular power in bench press and back squat in resistance-trained men?
Ingesting a caffeine capsule at a dose of 4 mg/kg enhances maximal strength by increasing muscle recruitment and reducing RPE and pain perception, with greater improvement observed in the bench press than in the back squat. Caffeine also improves muscular power in both exercises without altering muscle recruitment or subjective perception.
Authors
- Tze‐Huan Lei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3157-099X)
- Li Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8266-887X)
- Yinhang Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2323-3707)
- Li Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4526-4951)
- Matthew J. Barnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9995-408X)
- Yixuan Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9570-6425)
- Yi‐Hao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9977-7180)
- Yangming Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0496-5291)
- Olivier Girard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4797-182X)
Institutions
- Hunan Institute of Science and Technology (CN)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Shanghai University of Sport (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Central China Normal University (CN)
- Huashan Hospital (CN)
- Hubei Normal University (CN)
- Massey University (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15502783.2025.2587791
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Coffee research and impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39