Stacy Sims

Stacy Sims on Caffeine

Reported use

17 episodes · 27 references · 2025–2026

Based on dated public statements, not confirmation of use today.

Stacy Sims has reported taking Caffeine. Referenced across 17 episodes with 27 total references.

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Consumption Evidence (9)
Reported useCaffeine3:18

“Maybe if I warm up a little bit more, I have a coffee, I go through things, I do some mobilization, that physicality comes up to a six or seven, then boom, I can do a hard session.”

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Reported useCaffeine5:40

“I'm someone who could have a double espresso right before they go to bed and there's no problem.”

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Reported useCaffeine3:11

“Then I'm getting my 30 grams of protein, I'm getting my caffeine, it tastes like a latte, I'm good to go.”

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Reported useCaffeine4:20

“I'm notorious for protein fortified coffee because I'm not that hungry right when I wake up. But it is something that's going to tell the hypothalamus, yeah, there's some nutrition coming in.”

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Reported useCaffeine0:54

“Then I'm taking my double shot of coffee, pouring it in there.”

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Benefits (4)

“Caffeine facilitates free fatty acid mobilization. Your body is now relying more on free fatty acids for fuel, which is beneficial in sport.”

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“Caffeine and beta-alanine are the two things that allow you to feel less fatigue and improve muscle function.”

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“You could have coffee because coffee works too for hydration.”

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“If you're really looking at the efficacy of your pre-workout, it's Beta-Alanine and Caffeine. Those are the two things that are allowing you to feel less fatigue.”

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Best practices (6)
Best practiceCaffeine1:05

“For the no caffeine for 90 minutes or so, that's to avoid the cortisol peak. If you are having something with your caffeine, so you're having some food or something with it, that doesn't affect cortisol.”

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Best practiceCaffeine6:35

“If you don't have caffeine after 2:00 p.m. and no more than 500 milligrams in the first part of the day, then you can have a caffeine reset.”

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Best practiceCaffeine3:07

“If you want your caffeine, make sure that it is with some protein and carbohydrate so that we can offset that cortisol peak.”

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Best practiceCaffeine1:38

“When we are timing it for performance, we are trying to time it like 1 hour to 30 minutes before we want it to peak.”

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Best practiceCaffeine6:41

“You are allowed to have four double espressos a day to be pretty good and still have benefits before it starts to be a bit negative on your health.”

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Cautions (7)

“If you're using it pre-workout, you could be compromising blood flow to the muscle because you're so constricted from the caffeine and everything else that's in it.”

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“You have this caffeine or a simple carb crash because you want that and then dinner comes and you're ravenous.”

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“If you suddenly taper off caffeine, you get the caffeine headaches. When on race day you go to use the caffeine, it makes you hyper-sensitive and that's when you start having a lot of GI distress.”

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“When we get into perimenopause, we find most women become more sensitive to caffeine. We see an interference or change in dopamine and adenosine receptors that caffeine is so tightly tied to.”

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“If a woman comes to me and says she's been doing fasted training, getting up and having a black coffee before the gym, I always ask, 'Well, why did you go to the gym?' because all you've effectively done is burn through your lean mass.”

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Recommends against (1)

“I am notorious for the past 15 years of saying don't use gels. Because of the concentrate, it increases the osmotic pressure in your gut and pulls water from other spaces to dilute it.”

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