Caffeine’s benefits extend well beyond a quick energy boost. In this segment, Dr. Logan Pendergrast, Ph.D., outlines how caffeine enhances both mental and physical performance. He explains how strategic use can improve alertness, focus, and short-term memory while also supporting endurance and reducing perceived fatigue during exercise. Backed by research showing measurable improvements in physical performance, this segment highlights why caffeine remains one of the most studied and widely used performance aids — when consumed at the right time and in the right amount.
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Continuing on here with some of the
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benefits of caffeine, we can start first
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here with the improvement in alertness.
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So, caffeine makes us more alert. It
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helps us to pay attention and also can
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even improve our short-term memory. But
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these effects and these benefits of
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caffeine extend extend beyond the mental
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realm into the physical realm, the the
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the actual physical movement realm. And
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caffeine works in this realm to increase
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our physical performance by increasing
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our endurance, maybe during long-term
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endurance exercise such as cycling or
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running. It also reduces our perception
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of fatigue, which means that as we're
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reaching the end of a workout or an
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intense movement um period, it actually
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makes us feel as though we're working
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less uh intensely. And this is shown in
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studies where they assess exercise
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performance and exercise performance is
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increased by about 11 to 12% when
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caffeine is consumed prior to the
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exercise bout.
