Why Your Muscles Stopped Growing: The Hidden Cost of Your Daily Coffee Habit
Your muscles grow during sleep, not in the gym. But if you’re drinking coffee throughout the day, you’re quietly sabotaging the deep, restorative sleep where growth hormone peaks. Even when your training and nutrition are locked in, chronic caffeine use keeps cortisol elevated and anabolic recovery blunted—a problem that feels too subtle to notice until months of stalled progress pile up.
