Nutrition
Nitrates - Beetroot Powered Performance Enhancement
Time to completion and power output were significantly improved after beetroot juice when compared with placebo supplementation (15.9min ± 0.3min vs. 16.1min ± 0.3min and 294W ± 12W vs. 288W ± 12W respectively)
Fuelling Without Bars and Gels
Winter training consists of long, cold base miles and hot and humid turbo trainer sessions. This time does come with some perks however. Throughout the race season, you’ve most likely had your fare share of high sugar gels, bars and...
There is a lot of trial and error involved in finding a fuelling strategy that works for you, but here are some great starting points to help you get your on and off bike nutrition sorted.
Carbohydrates For Training and Racing.
Coach Tom Kirk (CustomCycleCoaching) Explains the science of carbohydrates, how to implement a successful nutrition plan for all types of riding. TLDR: Cycling nutrition and training interact and nutritional strategies can lead to some valuable 'marginal gains'. Here we...