coffee before jumping?

[nathaniel 0]

Less than pleasant research results. Definitely not conclusive about skydiving & coffee yet tho.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/acoc-clb011306.php

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In healthy volunteers, the equivalent of two cups of coffee reduced the body's ability to boost blood flow to the heart muscle in response to exercise, and the effect was stronger when the participants were in a chamber simulating high altitude, according to a new study in the Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski?

[dan_iv 0]

more pleasent coffee research results.

http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=9163

TORONTO.– Six or more cups of coffee a day may dramatically cut the risk of breast cancer by as much as 70 percent among women with one of the gene mutations linked to an very high risk of the disease, a new study shows.

[HydroGuy 0]

That's why you stack Caffeine, Ephedra and Asprin

Get in - Get off - Get away....repeat as neccessary

[JeepDiver 0]

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That's why you stack Caffeine, Ephedra and Asprin

[dharma1976 0]

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Less than pleasant research results. Definitely not conclusive about skydiving & coffee yet tho.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/acoc-clb011306.php

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In healthy volunteers, the equivalent of two cups of coffee reduced the body's ability to boost blood flow to the heart muscle in response to exercise, and the effect was stronger when the participants were in a chamber simulating high altitude, according to a new study in the Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

I drink ncoffee before I jump because it makes me fart which makes my plane ride much more fun...

and it makes me swoop further too..its like rocket swoop

hmmm and what about allthose cokehead jumpers...I wonder what they do at altitude...

Jeez....

Dave

http://www.skyjunky.com

CSpenceFLY - I can't believe the number of people willing to bet their life on someone else doing the right thing.

[packerboy 3]

It helps with the hangover

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[packerboy 3]

Our DZO stops by Tim Hortons on the way to the DZ every morning and buys coffee for all the staff. What a benefit!

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[squirrel 0]

i go straight to the redbull!

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[gemini 0]

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...stops by Tim Hortons....

The best fast food place period! Wish we had them in TX.

Blue skies,

Jim

[NelKel 0]

i go straight to the redbull<<<

Man that stuff rocks

One sip and it like the reaction from sniffing zest soap in the commercials on TV. It also makes a great mixer for vodka.

Vodka red bull, shaken not stirred.

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[patworks 5]

Uppers and Skydiving---------
Sometimes, being 'Up' when others are down. Is good. Sometimes, when you are on the 30th hour of a social event they appear necessary.
Always, when you look at it from afar or from wisdom it's a place not to be.
Whatever:
Coffee - we did that in the chemical 60s. (I lie. We drank beer and jumped lots).
Methadrine, speed, crystal meth - we did in the 70s
Chemical cocktails - 80s RedBull 90s (they sponsored Freefly!) Makes your heart beat.
2000s Dunno. I'm toast from the previous practice.

Leaving the juicy parts out....

FACT: Yoga & Tai Chi kick ass on all! Proven.

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[squirrel 0]

yeah, i love the vodka with redbull...just a little to bring you up(redbull), and a little to calm you down(vodka).

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[udder 0]

the study says it doesnt affect the volume of blood pumped by the heart so where exactly is the problem with skydiving? It seems no more dangerous than eating pork chops in that it MAY(very questionably) contribute to heart disease...

"In one way or the other, I'm a bad brother. Word to the motherf**ker." Eazy-E

[nathaniel 0]

One of the things they wrote about is that it calls into question whether the net effect of coffee is upper or downer, or neither. Performance enhancer, performance reducer, etc. The subjective experience is only part of the question, since the subjective factor is unreliable....for instance a lot of drunk drivers say they feel fine even when they are demonstrably impaired.

But they say the question is not answered by this research, only raised.

My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski?

[mjosparky 4]

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the study says it doesnt affect the volume of blood pumped by the heart so where exactly is the problem with skydiving? It seems no more dangerous than eating pork chops in that it MAY(very questionably) contribute to heart disease...

Caffeine affects the bloods ability to carry O2 to cells.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[morten 0]

I don't know about jumping after coffee, but surely you are not fit to pack a parachute after drinking coffee.

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=11067

Most of my professional work is done under the influence of said stimulant.

[MattFallsFast 0]

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Less than pleasant research results. Definitely not conclusive about skydiving & coffee yet tho.

Is this a joke???

I thought that my heart racing was a majority of the fun...guess if I stop slamming coffee and Red Bull in the morning I'll have to start BASE jumping to make up the difference.

I say, if you are worried about your cardiovascular health and restricted blood flow then quit jumping out of planes and take up shuffleboard. Just give your old ticker a rest and leave all this rambunctious behavior to the kids.

[Scoop 0]

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I say, if you are worried about your cardiovascular health and restricted blood flow then quit jumping out of planes and take up shuffleboard. Just give your old ticker a rest and leave all this rambunctious behavior to the kids.

Or start doing some cardio like running, swimming or cycling or something.

I feel a euphoric rush (maybe glamourising it a little bit) when I do a good jump but I dont notice any increase in heart rate or anything. Im sure it is but it doesnt feel pressured like when your running or being chased by a psycho with a knife.

This concludes that the colour of adrenalin isnt brown, but the colur of fear certainly is!

[MattFallsFast 0]

So, if coffee is bad before jumping then might a few pints help even it out a little? Two coffees followed by three pints Guiness should about bring the system back into a normal state in time to jump, right?
Anyone have a USPA SIM to check on this one?
What does the BPA stipulate?

[sd-slider 0]

Coffee the morning of Jumping helps reduce my Fall-Rate!

Anvil Brother #69

Sidelined with a 5mm C5-C6 herniated disk...
Back2Back slammers and 40yr old fat guys don't mix!

[skypuppy 1]

I can't even get dressed in the morning without coffee, let alone go skydiving without it.

And I wouldn;t want to try....

If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead.
Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

[agent_lead 0]

i used to go striaght for the 6 oz $2.50 can of red bull...untill i found a better energy drink...the $1,25 16 oz von dutch

it has the same overall taste of redbull...but has a sorta cream soda tinge to it...

sooooo good...

http://www.vondutch.com/energy_drink.html

ive also created a new drink instead of redbull and vodka...von dutch and vodka..tentitivly titlled...the "von vodka"

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[squirrel 0]

costco...rebull by the case...works out to 1.25 each.

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[Trae 1]

Guarana is caffiene too???
.................without the ratty coffee dumps. ie it lets you down a little softer.

Vigs and V (some) martial artists agree.