{"id":35358,"date":"2022-07-25T18:14:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/?p=35358"},"modified":"2026-11-03T16:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:24:21","slug":"episode-2-caffeine-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/episode-2-caffeine-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode #2: caffeine and sporting performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mistakes in planning can mean planning for mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A thought to start with.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today&#8217;s special guest is <\/span><b>Alfonso Urquiza<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an elite athlete on the <\/span><b>Spanish national judo team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with an impressive record:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Number 30 in the world ranking<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spanish senior champion in 2017, 2019 and 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">7th at the 2022 European Championships<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9th at the 2021 World Championships<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gold at the 2021 Men&#8217;s Continental Open<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gold at the 2022 Men&#8217;s Continental Open<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the start of the episode, Alfonso says his <\/span><b>next challenge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a medal at the <\/span><b>Mediterranean Games<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Oran, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Challenge achieved: a <\/span><b>Mediterranean Games bronze medal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, earned through hard work, perseverance and preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Want to know <\/span><b>how a professional athlete trains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alfonso explains how he prepares for competition with <\/span><b>Javi Guerrero<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/getindya.com\/\"><b>sports nutritionist<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and his strategy for <\/span><b>using caffeine to support performance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How does caffeine work?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can it improve my sporting performance?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can caffeine be harmful?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Does the source matter? Can I drink Coca-Cola?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How can you avoid becoming dependent on caffeine?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can it affect nerves?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explore caffeine and professional training with our presenter, <\/span><b>Clara Montesinos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find us on your <\/span><b>favourite platforms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1JccbMXRjzSn0YO4TJtPuS?si=013000f375dd4a03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spotify<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cafe%C3%ADna-y-rendimiento-deportivo\/id1635355506?i=1000571113888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNTYwODIyMC9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk\/episode\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL2VwaXNvZGUvNTA3MDYxODM?sa=X&amp;ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwiwp_u9oZn5AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.es\/podcasts\/5a5bcb54-51e3-4768-a05f-8dcb4305680f\/episodes\/0dbdbb38-f718-48fb-87f3-55d13437a133\/empieza-un-reto-el-podcast-de-indya-cafe%C3%ADna-y-rendimiento-deportivo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amazon Podcasts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.ivoox.com\/rf\/90214205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">iVoox<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/50706183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spreaker<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/D49AOXX4Scw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/1JccbMXRjzSn0YO4TJtPuS?utm_source=generator&amp;theme=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will meet you there, coffee in hand.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does caffeine affect sporting performance? We discuss it with elite judoka Alfonso Urquiza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categoria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35359,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35358\/revisions\/35359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getindya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}