how much is enough Caffeine as a pre-workout

[saltysteve 0]

Hey all,

 

Just wanted to know how much caffeine you'd use as a pre or even post workout.

 

Basically I've been making chewy caffeine + l-theanine candies for focus at work but I've had some feedback that people might like them for exercise. They are however only 20mg each and from what I read 150mg of caffeine is closer to a reasonable dose.

 

Has anyone experimented with smaller doses of caffeine? would a couple of candies have any real effect? 

I suppose the glucose would help with energy anyway, interested to hear your thoughts. 

 

 

 

P.S. Candies above are 'pina colada ' flavor

[PETN 650]

2g

[saltysteve 0]

On 4/19/2018 at 8:03 PM, PETN said:

2g

Danger zoneeee 

[PETN 650]

18 hours ago, saltysteve said:

Danger zoneeee 

LD50 is 12g

[saltysteve 0]

On 4/22/2018 at 9:44 AM, PETN said:

LD50 is 12g

What effects do you get from 2g, that seems pretty crazy when a coffee is about 100 - 200mg.  Do you take that much regularly? 

[Kalidane 84]

On 4/19/2018 at 8:03 PM, PETN said:

2g

Nice.

 

Around 1.4g was my top.

[Pseudonym 1337]

1-2 tsp of instant coffee, eaten dry. The taste wakes you up even faster than the caffeine does.  

[Valentin01 0]

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[farrout 0]

200mg or 2 tsp black coffee. 

[farrout 0]

On 19/04/2018 at 8:03 PM, PETN said:

2g

1000mg has been known to be FATAL.