Caffeine kills skydiving performance?

[WrongWay 0]

Here's my "Deep Thoughts by WrongWay" moment of the day.

We all know how this wonderful substance can make you feel awake.....yet very edgy. Could massive intake of caffeine each day hinder your relaxation skills, and therefore make your relaxation in your flying more difficult???

Wrong Way
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[GrumpySmurf 0]

"We all know how this wonderful substance can make you feel awake.....yet very edgy."

Caffeine keeps the headaches away
I try to alternate - A) Diet Dew, B) Water, A) Diet Dew, B) Water. No headaches. Happy day of jumping.
Leave out A or B, headaches by mid afternoon.

[BenGriffiths 0]

I'm not medic but I believe like most bodily drugs too much caffine causes problems but a sensible amount can be beneficiary. Small levels of caffeine can increase your general awareness.

Personally I might have a few cups of Coffee but rarely do I drink anything stronger (like Red Bull)

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[weegegirl 2]

sorry hon. i'm NOT quitting coffee.
think about that first load on a saturday or sunday without caffeine. i'd be asleep all the way to altitude. hmmm... that could be nice too.

but no... really.... you might be on to something. i think caffeine is pretty bad for you anyway. but you're right. it does make you all jittery if you have too much.

[skyyhi 0]

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think about that first load on a saturday or sunday without caffeine. i'd be asleep all the way to altitude. hmmm... that could be nice too.

I sleep all the way to altitude anyway. . .until about my 3rd cup of coffee. . .lol! Something about the hum of the otter engines. . .lol

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[d_squared431 0]

Coffee is my best friend every morning and I know my co-workers like me better if I am cafeinated......heheheh. I (sip of coffee) work 10-12 hour days and couldn't make it through without at least 3-4 cups, okay maybe a pot.

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[AggieDave 6]

I like to have just enough caffeine to get me to a certain point, my peak, I'll do the best at that peak, too much and I going too hard and will screw up/be tense. Too little and I'm passed out in the plane and not into the dives enough.

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[jannu 0]

coffee, no problem... except for other jumpers in twotter

[DrewEckhardt 0]

I live on caffeine.

Apart from the frequent restroom trips, it doesn't seem to have negative effects.

[Kramer 0]

Some shitty evidence to support your theory:

I failed two levels of AFF during that progression. Each time, my jumpmaster told me that I just needed to chill out and relax in freefall. Each time, I had swigged down a Red Bull before my jump.

So who knows...you may have something here.

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[wilmshurst 0]

At my home dropzone the staff live on caffeine. It would appear from extensive personal research involving sleep deprivation that once your body gets used to caffeine, its intake actually relaxes you (even promotes sleep). It may be that your body comes to accept a caffeinated state as normal and 'enjoys' that state. Thus, if you already have a high intake of caffeine then its consumption may indeed promote relaxation.

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[rehmwa 2]

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It may be that your body comes to accept a caffeinated state as normal and 'enjoys' that state. Thus, if you already have a high intake of caffeine then its consumption may indeed promote relaxation.

Sounds like another addictive drug and a bad and expensive choice to make it as a personal habit. At least it doesn't make people's own and other clothes stink, just their breath.

(I'm that way with mexican and indian food)

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[ltdiver 3]

Okay....I know I got hooked on coffee when I started to hang around skydivers 8 years ago. I also knew that coffee wasn't that good for you.

Your question prompted me to google....well, take a look. Caffeine really is bad ju-ju. Medically speaking.

ltdiver

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[WrongWay 0]

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Okay....I know I got hooked on coffee when I started to hang around skydivers 8 years ago. I also knew that coffee wasn't that good for you.

Your question prompted me to google....well, take a look. Caffeine really is bad ju-ju. Medically speaking.

ltdiver

Wow, checked that out. You're right. I'm gonna die.

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[rider13 0]

I gave up smoking there is no way in hell I'm giving up coffee.

[goose7100 0]

just stay away from the peruvian flake snow hills!

Matthew
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[hookitt 1]

Beyond a doubt.

Initially the adrenaline rush you get from caffeine will enhance performance. It's caused by the fight or flight reaction. That's also why they call it a Bronchodialator. After a sustained rush, and especially when you chase the high with even more caffiene the body just gets tired and performance will decrease tremendously.

It's tough to relax properly on the adrenaline rush created by caffeine.

Caffeine is terrible for the body in large doses. Thats even more true for women. I noticed a link is posted above so I'll go read some.

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[ltdiver 3]

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Okay....I know I got hooked on coffee when I started to hang around skydivers 8 years ago. I also knew that coffee wasn't that good for you.

Your question prompted me to google....well, take a look. Caffeine really is bad ju-ju. Medically speaking.

ltdiver

Wow, checked that out. You're right. I'm gonna die.

Yeah, it sounds kind of funny, but a friend of mine almost died because of it. So, it's not out of the question.

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[hukturn 0]

Oddly enough, I concur. Not for everyone, but caffeine makes me "jumpy" (no pun). Caffeine will cause me to "overamp" and I will misjudge stopping turns, et cetera. I guess some people would do fine though. Personal choice.

[brothermuff65 0]

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At my home dropzone the staff live on caffeine. It would appear from extensive personal research involving sleep deprivation that once your body gets used to caffeine, its intake actually relaxes you (even promotes sleep). It may be that your body comes to accept a caffeinated state as normal and 'enjoys' that state. Thus, if you already have a high intake of caffeine then its consumption may indeed promote relaxation.

i agree with that 100% i have drank a lot of coffee for as long as i can remember i drink coffee and red bull a lot dureing the day and on a lot of occasions i can drink most of a pot of coffee at night and when i go to bed i am asleep withen 5 minutes it just seems like a normal state of being just my 2 cents worth

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[tinfoil 0]

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Here's my "Deep Thoughts by WrongWay" moment of the day.

We all know how this wonderful substance can make you feel awake.....yet very edgy. Could massive intake of caffeine each day hinder your relaxation skills, and therefore make your relaxation in your flying more difficult???

Caffeine is a stimulant, which in general increases awareness and helps with physical ability. Regular use (couple cups of coffee a day) is beneficiary, helps you think more clearly, if you keep it up. Kinda like giving a recovering drug addict drugs every morning so they can think clearly. So on that part; coffee should help you think about your body position, and what you should be doing.

But caffeine isn't a strong stimulant; think it’s only a 4 on the Richter scale. So to get twitchy and strung out like a recovering smack addict, you just might have to hook a coffee maker up to an IV and run it intravenously. Hehe, and after I'm sure you could get the high score on the blood pressure machine at the local pharmacy

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[tinfoil 0]

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Beyond a doubt.

Initially the adrenaline rush you get from caffeine will enhance performance. It's caused by the fight or flight reaction. That's also why they call it a Bronchodialator. After a sustained rush, and especially when you chase the high with even more caffiene the body just gets tired and performance will decrease tremendously.

It's tough to relax properly on the adrenaline rush created by caffeine.

Caffeine is terrible for the body in large doses. Thats even more true for women. I noticed a link is posted above so I'll go read some.

The drop in performance isn't that great relative to the boost it gives you. If you were to go cold turkey, you usually just become a grinch to be around, tired, and any number of things that can happen when you go through withdrawal. But that wouldn't show up for some time.

“- - Sumo is the greatest of sports. It has power, grace, speed and cluture. And most importantly, two fat bastards smacking the shit out of each other. ”

[Reginald 0]

You have a good general point. At the one point in my life where I was a finely tuned machine I could notice the ill effects on my concentration and other mental skills caused by one too many cups of coffee or even a single cigarette. That is when I was a finely tuned machine…now well it’s a different story. Between my crack habit (just joking people), drinking (lot’s of FIRSTS going on), eating DZ food, and with my workouts being para-hiking (from a long landing) and drinking coffee like a demon how bad can it really be? It’s just so much chemical background noise. In fact I’m pretty sure I would not have a pulse if it weren’t for a mega dose of caffeine each morning. Maybe if I were on Airspeed or something it would be an issue but my skydiving? Trust me it’s not going to mater.
Seriously you do have a point but I just don’t think it’s an issue unless someone is way, way overdosed on caffeine.

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[ltdiver 3]

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Caffeine is a stimulant, which in general increases awareness and helps with physical ability. Regular use (couple cups of coffee a day) is beneficiary, helps you think more clearly, if you keep it up.

So is getting a good night's sleep...

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[Luv2Fall 0]

Dude, it keeps my headaches at bay..........I can't help if I have caffine jitters during freefall.