In the past few years, I’ve taken some supplements to try and improve cycling performance. This is a short review of the ones I’ve tried and the ones I’ve avoided for various reasons. Beetroot Juice – Tests have shown that taken beetroot juice can help increase stamina. The secret is the high level of nitrate [...]
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Super Foods for Cycling
In the past few decades, some clever marketeers decided to call some types of foods ‘super-foods’. It appeals to that part of us, which thinks we can make ourself wonderfully healthy and faster cyclists, simply by eating some Peruvian waterbeans grown in moss-covered peat. Of course, it’s not as simply as that, but a good [...]
Energy Bars for Cycling
Selection of best energy bars for cycling. Reviews of energy bars I’ve used and found good for cycling
Mistakes of Cycling Nutrition
Sometimes as a newcomer to the sport, it’s easy to ignore aspects of fuelling and eating. When you get into cycling finding the lightest carbon fibre component seems much more interesting than discovering the right combination of energy drinks. But, whearas light weight components may save a couple of seconds, making mistakes in eating and [...]
2:1 Glucose Fructose Energy Drinks
Recent research claims that if you take a 2:1 glucose-fructose mix, you increase the rate at which you can take up carbohydrates. Studies have shown that if two carbohydrates (Maltodextrin and Fructose) are blended in a 2:1 ratio, an athlete is capable of using 1.3 to 1.4 grams of carbohydrate per Kg of bodyweight per [...]
Constant Energy Levels
One of the most useful things I’ve learnt this year, is managing blood sugar levels to avoid spikes and crashes in energy levels. Have you ever had that experience of eating a meal and then one hour later feeling very sleepy? I often had a routine of having a cappuccino in morning. Then for lunch [...]
Benefits of Beetroot Juice for Cycling
Various studies have suggested Beetroot juice is able to increase endurance and delay fatigue for athletes in long distance races. A recent study reported in Cycling Weekly suggested drinking Beetroot juice can also improve speed in short distance races. According to this small study, in a 10 mile time trial, cyclists reduced their average times [...]
Rawfood Energy Bars
On long rides, I’m always looking for a greater variety of energy bars. Natural rawfood energy bars seemed to offer something quite different to the usual high sugar content of many bars I use so I bought a box to try. I find when training hard, you don’t always feel like eating as much as [...]
Food Before and During Cycling
There are numerous theories about optimal nutrition for cycle training. If you read all the conflicting reports and theories it can leave your head spinning. However, away from all the theories, I think the best advice is to follow basic common sense. Eating Pre Training. Before a training ride, I try to leave a gap [...]
Cycling Food
Eating is an intrinsic part of cycling. If you get your food intake wrong, it doesn’t matter how fit you are – you could just ‘hit the wall’ (experience the dreaded ‘bonk’). Even many top pros can get their food intake wrong; insufficient food is a big factor in explaining an unexpectedly poor performance. As [...]
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