Dan Volker writes: "Aren't you aware that medical doctors receive only one nutrition course in med school, and are in fact, the LAST group you would go to for nutritional advice.....If you check with any elite level cyclists or triathletes...." And the number of nutrition courses elite lever cyclists et al receive is....? Bill Hansen Bill, OK, I deserved that :-) But, every competitive cyclist I know ( myself particularly) uses nutrition as a tool to help out compete others. This is critical for recovery, which is actually when you get stronger, and its critical for maintaining the highest level of glycogen loading within the primary muscles, throughout each ride. Since we are constantly "testing" new products, against a field of riders which has a highly predictable performance level compared to your own, any significant change to your performance is immediately noted, and the athlete then looks for repeatability. In issues like water versus Hydra Fuel or Cytomax, this has been absolutely demonstrated so many times as to be considered a non-issue. Many cyclists also have a long slow day in their weekly training ( LSD day) , where they may ride for 4 to 7 hours. Energy expenditures are relatively low throughout this long ride ( slow speeds relative to competitive rides), so the comparison with kayaking becomes far closer. Particularly with these long rides, major performance differences occur when using the Hydra fuel or Cytomax products over water, as your body's glycogen levels in muscles and liver supply drop sharply after 2 hours without feeding ( even at low power outputs). On these long rides, every 2.5 to 3 hours, a high protein medium carb product needs to be consumed ( 2 to 1 ration, like 30 grams of protein and 15 grams of carb. This assumes you maintain a high level of hydration at all times. We Expect to consume at least a gallon of water in 5 hours, and with heat this could double. ) I am aware of the tendency of some athletes to use carb only in this scenario, but there are much better reasons for the protein and carb feeding, than I can go into in this short post. If you like, I can go into them with a future post. My primary "source" for my ideas is Terry Giles, one of the top nutrition minds in the US, and a trainer of some of the best Olympia level Bodybuilders, Cyclists and triathletes. Regards, Dan Volker *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat May 01 1999 - 03:10:28 PDT
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