Does running out of caffeine ruin a training day? In habitual users cycling to exhaustion, placebo performance did not differ after 0, 2 or 4 days off caffeine, and caffeine still worked
Oct 27
3 min read
If you drink coffee every day and train with a pre-workout, an empty tub or a missed morning cup can feel like a ruined session before it starts. Two worries are bundled together here: whether skipping your usual caffeine leaves you worse than normal, and whether a few days off blunts or restores caffeine's effect. Controlled trials in habitual users have tested both.
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