Energy Drinks

Energy Drinks
Energy drinks such as Red Bull, Monster and Rick Star are all the rage today, especially among younger consumers.

And when it comes to energy, any product that purports to provide it is inevitably going to be tried to endurance sports, whether substantiated or not.

If you consider or are currently using an energy drinks as a supplement to your training or racing consider these points:

Many energy drinks contain taurine or guarana, ingredients about which there is little existing reputable research. Most energy drinks contain some caffeine, so oftentimes the benefits of these so called energizing ingredients are overstated.

The scientific community has not thoroughly studied the effects of combining the ingredients in many energy drinks. Researchers don’t precisely know what effect an energy drink will have on your heart, blood pressure nervous and perception of fatigue and pain during training.

Energy drinks can turn off your body’s natural physical and metal warning flags. For example, if an energy drinks revs you up so much that you feel you can go farther faster or harder than you should, it will cause you to push your boundaries, making you more susceptible to injury and overtraining.

Many energy drinks are carbonated, which most endurance athletes find intolerable. During strenuous long term aerobic exercise, carbonated beverages often lead to nausea or other stomach problems.
Energy Drinks