The pair cups of coffee before an intensive exercise stress will lower probability of occurrence of the muscular strain causing painful sensations after a while, authors of small research have informed.

Scientists have found out, that in young men who were engaged in long and intensive trips on bicycles, there were less painful sensations in muscles if they before it accepted a caffeine dose. Besides the effect has been noticed as among those who regularly drinks coffee, and among people who usually do not drink coffee. Research have published in International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.

Results of this research have confirmed conclusions of earlier works which also have shown, that caffeine can prevent familiar to everyone pain in muscles after exercise stresses. Most likely caffeine blocks action of chemical substance of an adenosine which causes painful sensations in muscles, researchers believe.