Caffeine in sport

Explore our lecture on “Caffeine in sport” with Professor Asker Jeukendrup. In this session, Asker examines the evidence behind caffeine as one of the most widely used ergogenic aids in sport, covering how caffeine works, whether it benefits different types of performance, and how dose, timing, source, safety, and individual responses influence its practical use. The lecture translates the science into applied recommendations for athletes and practitioners, including whether caffeine works late in exercise, how different delivery forms compare, and why more is not always better.

What we will cover:
   What is caffeine, and how does it affect the body during exercise?
   Does caffeine improve performance across different sports?
   What is the optimal dose, and do higher doses provide more benefit?
   How do timing and delivery form influence the effects of caffeine?
   Is caffeine safe, is it banned, and what are the recommendations?
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Professor Asker Jeukendrup

Professor Asker Jeukendrup is one of the world’s leading sports nutritionists and exercise physiologist who spent most of his career as a professor at the University of Birmingham (UK) as Head of The Human Performance Laboratory. Currently he is a (visiting) professor at Loughborough University. He has authored 9 books and over 250 research papers and book chapters. During his career Asker has worked at the forefront of research as well as directly with athletes, including Olympic and World champions, Tour de France cyclists and Champions league football teams. 

After many years of working at Universities, Asker accepted a position as the Global Senior Director of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. At present he is the director of his own performance consulting business “Mysportscience”, and worked or works with a number of football clubs (including FC Barcelona, Chelsea, Red Bull Leipzig, Red Bull Saltzburg and PSV Eindhoven). He is head of performance nutrition of the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center, and Performance Manager of Nutrition for the Dutch Olympic team.
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