Coffee, a caffeine based stimulant is one of the only legal stimulants approved by the FDA. Considering the Pentagon serves up roughly 50,000 cups of coffee per day, it’s no wonder the FDA allows the rest of America to drink it without caution. So what about energy supplements?

Some of the top pre-workout supplements can equate to 2-3 cups of coffee per serving! So the question is, can these be used in place of coffee for that added extra boost? Think expresso, but in fruit flavor that makes your lips pucker! Both are legal, so why not carry around a little pouch of powder rather than a big cup of dark mocha that can stain your clothes? It makes sense.

Coffee is widely used as drink which stimulates nerves and gives you a feeling of freshness. Coffee also has some calories in it depending on the way it is prepared and preferred by the drinkers of the coffee. Generally coffee is prepared with milk and sugar, both of which contain calories, so the more quantity of sugar (which provide approximately 4 Kcal of energy) and milk is used the higher will be value of calorie per cup of coffee. So, coffee can provide you refreshing feeling as well as some calories. But black coffee, as some individuals like it, generally have little (if any) calorie and can not replace the work-out energy supplements.

Pre-workout supplements are made for the purpose of supplying energy requirement of workouts and formulated to provide adequate calories, as well as high protein. A drink with adequate calories and high quality protein is always preferable to refreshing drinks for work outs and I do not see any reason why pre-workout supplements can not replace coffee. In fact I think pre-workout supplements are better than coffee for various advantages mentioned above.

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