[throwaway20222]

I used to be into Olympic weightlifting and worked out at a gym of people that also took it very seriously. They were for the most part the farthest thing from “meat heads” as one could imagine. Except the one guy…

He found a container of powdered caffeine someone had brought and decided that he didn’t have to follow the instructions like normal humans. Not only that, he mixed up the measurements. In the end he took what very well could have been a fatal dose. Even with a visit to the hospital his heart rate was above 200 resting for over a day. They had to work to flush his system and whatever but he said it took weeks to sleep normally again.

[yellow_lead]

Here is a related story about a guy who did this by mistake. This made me scared to ever use caffeine as an ingredient in a drink.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sylqJ0NEVJw

[astura]

Yes, stick with pills if you wanna take raw caffeine.

[jodrellblank]

Not particularly to do with caffeine, but tangent to the weightlifting: Eddie Hall deadlifting 1102lbs / 500Kg world record and the moments behind the scenes with paramedics unable to get a reading on his heart rate, and then having it read over 200bpm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K0chGkV0IE

[jimt1234]

During my powerlifting days, me and my fellow meatheads used to get ephedrine powder from Mexico and mix with Mountain Dew before contests. I almost had a heart attack once, but I totaled over 1700 pounds that day, so it was all worth it. Not. I totally regret it now. Live and learn.

[lupire]

I'm not strong but I can lift 10lbs 170 times in one day, totally natty.

[paul_funyun]

Worth it or not, those were some prodigious lifts.