Research on the effect of caffeine is widening all over the world and caffeine is most likely known as an ergogenic aid in enhancing sports performance and recovery faster. The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of caffeine on recovery heart rate in UPSI Sprinters. Individual heart rate produced may vary at different time of the day and their food intake. 10 male sprinter athletes (n=IO) from Fox Athletics Club of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris had participated in this study. Participants were divided into two groups, caffeine group (n=5) and control group (n=5) accordingly. Training sessions were conducted with one week interval and sprint training were performed by the sprinters as the exercise load method. Control group was not given any caffeine (0.00 mg/kg) while the caffeine group was given 3.00-3.50 mg/kg of caffeine dosage before the training session begun. The sprint training involved sprinting in distance set of 10m, 30m, 50m, 80m and 100m with 5 minutes rest.....

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