Hello, I wanted to ask about how you guys calculate how much carbs you need to put into your bottle for a workout. I’ve been trying to find an appropriate thread but only spotted discussions on how to properly mixed dextrose and fructose but not how to find out how much one would need. I started t…

[image] marcinksiazek: Why is everybody freaking out about the ability to absorb high amounts of carbs. I can dissolve really huge amounts in 500ml of water and could dring it in no time. You might be able to drink lots of carbs, but your body can only process a limited amount per hour. Think…

If the carbs are in your stomach, it’s considered to be “outside the body”.

Don’t overthink it. It’s fair to say that generally people can absorb approx 80-100g of carbs per hour. (This is through utilizing both glucose and fructose mechanisms). You can shovel in 5 times more than that if you want but it’s not going to help you it’s just going to sit in your stomach. So,…

The Alacrity Fuel APP might be helpful.

[image] marcinksiazek: I could take a similar session from the past (same duration and power output). Let’s say my watch says I had burned 910kJ over 1h 30 and 60% of that was from the carbs. That gives me 136g of carbs for the entire workout and 90g per hour. Is that the proper way of calculati…

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How to determine carbs amount to properly fuel a workout

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