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A wide, editorial-style still life shot from a slightly elevated angle on a pale oak gym bench, bathed in soft morning window light. In the center sits a matte ceramic cup of black coffee with delicate steam curling upward, flanked by a small white scoop of coffee beans and two identical glass vials, one filled with a few grains of fine powder and one empty, hinting at dose comparison. Next to the cup rests a pair of worn white boxing hand wraps, loosely coiled, and a slim black stopwatch with its face softly visible. In the foreground, a minimalist notebook lies open with blurred handwritten numbers and a simple pen sketch of a bar graph with bars of equal height, subtle and unreadable, suggesting a null result without any legible text. A small brass kitchen scale sits to the side with a few coffee beans on its tray.

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science research

Koffie met lage cafeïnedosis gaf elite vechters geen sprintboost

BY DR. GYMBRO ·

Dacht je dat een pre‑workout kop koffie je sprints een boost geeft? Een nieuw, gerandomiseerd, dubbelblind crossover‑onderzoek met 15 nationale vechtsporters vond geen prestatiewinst bij cafeïnedoses van 1,5 mg/kg en 3 mg/kg – ongeveer 100 mg resp. 200 mg voor een sporter van 68 kg. Noch piek‑vermogen, gemiddeld vermogen, vermoeidheidsindex noch de geschatte bijdrage van de verschillende energiesystemen verschilden van decaf. Het betreft echter een kleine nulbevinding, geen bewijs dat cafeïne faalt, en de meeste positieve studies gebruiken capsules met 3–6 mg/kg.

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