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I’ve read that 90-100 grams of carbs is the max you can absorb per hour, and that has to be in a 2:1 ratio of glucose to fructose. I’m getting it through gels, chews and sport drinks. Carbo pro could work well too, and that’s a lot less expensive than gels.

Cal Aggie crit. I think the clinic is called “practice race” or something like that. It’s in Folsom I think.

It depends on how far out you are from your goal event and what type of racing you’re doing. The good news is Chad has all of this laid out in our training plans. Even if you don’t use them you could get some insight on how we think sweet spot should be used.

Can someone recommend a good gel - one that is kind to the GI system? Thx!

If you don’t do well with regular gels, maple syrup is a great alternative! That said, if you have GI issues with gels, try drinking more water with them. Sometimes people have carbohydrate in their drink, then take in CHO concentrated in the gel. You need plenty of water to process the CHO, so “gu …

[image] ambermalika: If you don’t do well with regular gels, maple syrup is a great alternative! [image] Chew/gel alternatives Nutrition Maple syrup is very similar to gels. Just buy a little flask, like hammer sells, and fill it up pre ride.

Wear ear plugs or noise canceling headphones :smirk:

[image] GPx: Great episode once again, nice diversity of topics! @ambermalika I hope you have time to answer a question I have after one thing got stuck in my head; the quote “Don’t diet on the bike”. I do 2/3 of my TR training in the morning before I go to work and only have an espresso befor…

I am now in the phase that I shouldn’t lose any weight. How do you control youre food intake on the days you do workouts? Do you dat upfront (because this is not doable for me? Do you dat during the morning workout?

I only got as far as the IF discussion yesterday during my workout. Just really posting that I thought my head was fine after my crash last year, but all the talk of crashing, broken pelvis’s etc has shown me it’s not! It freaked me out to be honest. It’s not the crashing, or even the physical inj…

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