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Nutrition - during and after
I want to find out what people are consuming during and after a long(ish) ride 3hrs +.
If I'm road riding I typically consume a couple of gels and a couple of banana's along with a bottle of water and a bottle of gatorade. On the MTB events I have usually survived with just a couple of litres of water and gels. I'm doing a 100km this year so that won't get me through and need to rethink this.
Personal hydraton formula powder??
I remember reading on here around a year ago about a company the were producing a personal hydration mix.
They ask a heap of questions and then put a mix together specific to your requirements.
Has anyone used this before? Whats it like?
Do you have the name of the company. I cant remember for the life of me.
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Thanks
Cramps???? The Big Question
After a very dissappointing DW 100 suffering from severe cramps. I need a little advice.
I spent what felt like half of the race on the side of track doing the mambo no.5. I was a quivering mess.
I am curious to know as to what others are taking during the race and also the week leading up to the event. What works???What doesn't.
My current strategy:
1. Drink water every 10 minutes - 100ml
2. Protein bar - every hour on the half hr
3. Gel - every hr.
4. Current weight - 80kg (Supreme speciman...well i thought, before today)
Early morning workout and breakfast
I know you are supposed to have breakfast when you wake up - to kick start your metabolism into action again and to provide energy.
However what if you are going to do an early morning workout such as a 1 hour ride to work?
Do you eat breakfast before or after?
If you eat before should you wait x minutes before starting exercising or get stuck straight into it?
If you don't eat before will you be lacking in energy as in theory you should be hungry in the morning?
Notes about hydration
This may or may not be of any interest to anyone, but...
Steve & I went on a little ride today and before leaving I joked to the GF I'd probably loose 4kg or so during that outing. Well, what do you know, that pretty much happened!
None of this is very accurate of course, because my memory sucks and our scales are not the best, but here's some figures all the same:
This morning, around 7:15am after eating breakie I weighed about 84kg.
When we'd done riding and sitting around talking cr@p 
(around 1:30pm) I weighed about 79.5kg.
Sharkies - have you been bitten?
Has anyone has tried 'Sharkies Organic Energy Sports Chews' (www.sharkies-chews.com)?
I got sent a bit of blurb about it a while back (from my road club) and thought it was just another 'new' product trying to replace good old jelly babies or snakes, but they have now popped up in other sports/endurance newsletters I subscribe to.
Might be keen to order a box or two, just wondering how easy they are to consume while riding i.e. easy to chew and don't get stuck in your teeth and if they live up to all the hype...
sustagen vs endura optimizer (sic)
Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on which is better for a post ride drink.
Sustagen is way cheaper (20$ for 900grams vs. $57 for 1400grams) and has more protein, but less carbs. I know the carbs are important for glycogen replacement but at that price though I could drink twice as many without the guilt.
Beetroot juice may boost endurance - forget the training
Consuming beetroot juice may boost stamina and allow people to exercise for up to 16 per cent longer, according to a new study from the UK. The vegetable juice’s nitrate content may reduce oxygen uptake to an extent that cannot be achieved by any other known means, making exercise less tiring, according to findings published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. “We were amazed by the effects of beetroot juice on oxygen uptake because these effects cannot be achieved by any other known means, including training.”
1st Endurance anyone?
Something just isn't right in this ad... and I don't mean that this stuff is being advertised by scummers
