Effects of caffeine consumption combined with listening to music during warm-up on taekwondo physical performance, perceived exertion and psychological aspects

Abstract

The effects of caffeine (CAF) and music have been well documented when used separately, but their combined effects are not yet studied. Thus, the present study assessed the acute effects of combining a low dose of CAF with listening to music during warm-up on taekwondo physical performance, perceived exertion (RPE), and psychological responses during taekwondo-specific tasks in male elite athletes. In a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover study design, male taekwondo athletes (n = 16; age: 18.25 ± 0.75 years) performed the taekwondo-specific agility test (TSAT), 10 s frequency speed of kick test (FSKT-10s) and the multiple version of FSKT (FSKT-mult) under the following conditions: 1) CAF without music (CAF+NoM), 2) placebo (PL) without music (PL+NoM), 3) CAF with music (CAF+M), 4) PL with music (PL+M), 5) no supplement with music (NoS+M) and no supplement without music (control). RPE, feeling scale (FS), felt arousal scale (FAS) and physical enjoyment (PACES) were determined after each test. Findings showed the CAF+M condition induced better performances than other conditions for TSAT, FSKT-10s, FSKT-mult, RPE, FAS and FS and PACES post FSKT-10s (all p<0.05). Moreover, CAF+M resulted in better responses than other conditions for PACES post TSAT (p<0.05) with the exception of CAF+NoM. Likewise, CAF+M condition induced better physical enjoyment than PL+NoM, NoS+M and PL+M conditions post FSKT-mult (p<0.05). Combining low dose of CAF with music during warm-up was an effective strategy that induced greater effects than their isolated use during taekwondo specific tasks.

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“…Caffeine (CAF) is a psychoactive drug capable of enhancing psychological responses [1] as well as physical performance in a variety of exercise and athletic conditions, such as time trials [2], 5 km cycling [3], sprint [4,5], taekwondo-specific agility test [6], and resistance exercise performance [7]. CAF's capacity to bind to adenosine A1A and A2A receptors is most likely responsible for these ergogenic effects.…”

“…However, male individuals were predominantly employed in these investigations. Evidently, noticeable variations between the sexes regarding body size, lean body mass, and hormonal activity may influence the ergogenic benefits of the same caffeine dosages [6,14]. Since female participants comprised merely 10% [15], 13% [14], or ~20% [16] of the total number of participants in metaanalyses investigating the ergogenic impact of CAF in several athletic disciplines, it might be hard to generalize the prescription guidelines.…”

Acute effects of caffeine supplementation on kinematics and kinetics of sprinting

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Caffeine is one of the most commonly consumed drugs in the world and has been used as an ergogenic aid for exercise performance. [1][2][3][4] The effect that caffeine improved exercise performance, showing an increase in cycling time to exhaustion following coffee consumption was first suggested by Costill et al in 1978. 5 A recent metaanalysis demonstrated that caffeine supplementation has positive effects on exercise performance including aerobic

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