If I was able to drink enough coffee to get my heart rate up to 150 would this have any affect on my aerobic system? My true question is this: If I was able to some how get my heart rate in to the 150’s range with out running would there be any positive benefits word my fitness?
i think you wanted to say "toward" my fitness.
And no - I wouldn't think there would be any positive benefits. First, let's consider that this is actually possible for humor sake. Second, realize what your endocrine system will do when you crash down later. You will be so zonked, your metabolism will probably slow down, and you won't be able to mentally get through a workout. You would have wasted all that caffeine (which would have been perfect for a long run), and made yourself weaker.
But I think you should try it. Strap on a heart rate monitor and start drinking. Hit laps splits every 5 min and graph your heart rate later. Post it here.
ha ha i think i will tonight! What I meant to ask was if I was sitting on my couch, jacked up on caffeine so my hr was 150 would that have the same effect as a run at 150 hr?
you would feel shittier. the other day we tried something called the espresso challenge where you start drinking 5 shots of espresso, then an hour later drink 4, an hour later 3, etc etc. let's just say no one made it to 4.
the caffeine crash associated with that much in that little time is so violent that not only will you not want to work out, you'll want to die. save yourself the pain and the tylenol. don't try it. there is nothing worse then having a headache, feeling like you want to go to sleep, wanting to throw up and having your hand shake from the caffeine.
Train like a man. Skip the caffine and go straight for some meth. You could get your speed work and your long run in all while staying on the couch.
I drank about a quart of coffee one day last year and had atrial fibrillation that afternoon on my run - was in A-fib for 5 days before they decided to shock me out of it (and that procedure was a clusterf**k). I cannot drink caffeine in any amount any more.
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ha ha i think i will tonight! What I meant to ask was if I was sitting on my couch, jacked up on caffeine so my hr was 150 would that have the same effect as a run at 150 hr?
Yes it would, in fact there is no reason for anyone to train at all, it is a myth. All we need to do is drink a gallon of coffee per day, and our bodies get a workout which is equivalent to two marathons in four hours.
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