TheAthleteSpecial claimed in his recent video that Jakob drinks Redbull prior to races. Is this true?

if athletes are injecting peptides that immediately cause cancer in rats, best believe theyre ok with drinking a lil' red bull

Caffeine is a proven performance enhancer with an effect similar to the supershoes. Any elite athlete not utilising it is not following the science. You need 2mg/Kg of body weight or around 1mg/pound. Red Bull is 80mg so not enough for an average weight skinny runner. Ingestion should be at least 30 minutes before a race to have maximum caffeine blood levels when needed. Your body can become mildly addicted to caffeine where withdrawl causes headache/nausea. However, it does not create tolerance where you need to keep taking more to have the same effect. Whether you are a regular user of caffeine or a neophyte it still has the same positive affect on performance. It has a slight diuretic affect that may increase the risk of dehydration and the urge to pee in a race.

Does Yakoff have a tattoo on his ass? Anyone know?

The last time I had an energy drink before a work out (6x200 temps...) I had to stop after rep 4 as my heart palpitations went through the roof.

My heart rate was then stuck at over 160 for over half an hour while I tried my best to get it back to normal (slow breathing, splashing cold water on my face etc.) Then it just randomly went back to normal

in his docuseries you see him neck cups of coffee directly before some races as a kid so wouldnt be surprised if hes moved onto the red bulls

TAS is a tribute to the adage "An athlete on a bad diet is a setting sun". Usually this is most evident with vegans, but in this case, pure old junk. Garbage in, garbage out.

That is kind of my take on it too. He's just going through the motions of a "pro runner" to keep his subscriber numbers up.

I think that he probably does most of his training with no cameras present unless it's on the track.

Salazar was born in Cuba to Cuban parents and immigrated to the US when he was very young.

Just to throw this out there, during stuff like the X-Games Red Bull is known to provide cans of water to their athletes so it can look like their athletes are getting their wings when, in reality, they're just getting some water. Redbull sponsors a few runners so might be a similar case, though it wouldn't surprise me either if pros wanted the caffeine (though I'm not sure a carbonated energy drink would be the ideal way before a race).

Rojo is that you?

Brown, if you ever read this I want to mention how in hospitals we screen peoples mental well being on some factors, one of those is how well groomed they are (hair and face). Your grooming is poor and would make most medical staff think you don’t care for yourself leading to speculations of mental problems. It looks unnatural, unkempt, and dirty.

Getting back to Red Bull, am I the only one here who can't stand the stuff? I remember the first time I tried one 20-odd years ago, I had to spit it out because it tasted so bad. Is it an acquired taste, or are there actually people here who found it delicious the very first time they had one?

Not that I have anything against caffeine, as a latte two hours or so before the start is part of my standard race-day routine.

Once saw Blummenfeldt do it before a 10.000m track meet. But he is a triathlete and could probably consume anything before running.. :)

A junior enlisted National Guard soldier died earlier this month after a physical fitness test during a drill weekend, according to the service.

Spc. Jaykob Pruitt, 19, of Bennington, Oklahoma, served as a cavalry scout with 1st Squadron, 180th Cavalry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. He collapsed after completing the two-mile run portion of the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT, on March 4. CPR was administered, but he was pronounced dead after being transported to a local hospital.

A senior National Guard official with knowledge of the circumstances surrounding Pruitt's death said there are indications that pre-workout supplements and caffeine may have been complicating factors.

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Guardsman Dies After Fitness Test

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A junior enlisted National Guard soldier died earlier this month after a physical fitness test during a drill weekend, according to the service.

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I agree I believe that the people who get the most benefit from that training are runners who already have natural or developed speed. You can still improve but just doing the norwegian method isn't going to turn you into a stud; need to build speed endurance