The effects of Caffine

[penguinator]

So I guess its pretty obvious that caffine drinks are detrimental to breath holding due to the fact that its a stimulant.... but is it permanently detrimental? Or only while under the imediate effects?

I enjoy the odd coffee or coke, or double V when im out for drinks (Vodka and V). Will this affect me say..... in a few days time when I want to go diving or for long term? Or will it be like I never had the caffine in the first place once it wears off?

Sorry my question must be very confuzzling rofl

 

[naiad]

I think it is only an immediate effect. I haven't noticed any difference as long as I haven't had any caffeinated drinks for several hours before breath holding.

Lucia

 

[Paul Kotik]

So I guess its pretty obvious that caffine drinks are detrimental to breath holding due to the fact that its a stimulant.... but is it permanently detrimental? Or only while under the imediate effects?

I enjoy the odd coffee or coke, or double V when im out for drinks (Vodka and V). Will this affect me say..... in a few days time when I want to go diving or for long term? Or will it be like I never had the caffine in the first place once it wears off?

Sorry my question must be very confuzzling rofl

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[penguinator]

Death to the editors! :martial

Damn them and their picking up on our spelling un-correctness :naughty


rofl rofl

 

[cdavis]

Caffeine is known to make breath-holding harder since it’s a stimulant, but is that effect only while it’s in your system or can it last days later? I sometimes have coffee, Coke, or an energy drink when I’m out, and I wonder if that impacts diving performance later on. Once the caffeine wears off, is it like I never had it in the first place? Kind of like the Starbucks calorie calculator — is it just today’s intake that matters, or does it add up over time? for more information visit https://mystarbuckscaloriecalculator.com/

Highly unlikely to have any noticeable long term effects.


Caffiene is a funny drug, but my experience tells me that the blanket condemnation is unwarranted. I'm seriously addicted to caffeine and was advised to stop intake before my course. It was a bad mistake, felt terrible and had very bad performance until I resumed coffee.

If you research the physiological affects of caffeine, there are some that certainly should reduce breath hold. There are others that should improve breath hold. In my case, I've set several pbs for time underwater during simulated dives in a pool, immediately after consuming a large cup of coffee. Not at all sure the two are related, but it sure is suspicious.

The exact effect is probably highly individual and circumstance dependent, but seems to me the intuitive blanket condemnation is like a lot of things in freediving, like its impossible to dive much deeper that 30m because your chest will implode. The counter intuitive is often true.