Summary. Alcohol, caffeine, cocaine, strychnine and nitroglycerin a. o. are used as “doping” in competitive sports. In the present paper the effect of these substances has been tried in controlled work experiments on normal, non‐fatigued athletes. It was found that none of them could increase the ability to perform maximal muscular work, lasting about 15. sec or about 5 minutes, with the possible exemption of caffeine in the longer work.
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