Posts Tagged ‘Nutrition’
The Truth About High Carb Nutrition Intake for Cycling Performance that you Wish you knew Sooner
Coaches Adam and Taylor discuss the sinister decay that lies beneath the shiny veneer of the high-carb 100g of sugar per hour with Dr. Sol Cantwell, DDS.
Read MoreJune Challenge: DIY Ride Food
Kristen Arnold MS, RDN, CSSD shares her favorite easy ride food recipe: sweet potato bites! This month, we challenge you to make your own ride food at some point- whether it’s Kristen’s recipe or something else. Kristen’s special tip for sweet potato bites: freeze leftover bites. You can put them directly in your pocket and…
Read MoreBasic Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, Part 3: Foods to Boost your Fitness, Putting it All Together
Build a Strong Fueling Foundation for Victory, Blog Series Part 3 Now that we’ve discussed what nutrients are, macro and micro, we can start to put it into practice with foods! Below is a list of nutrient-dense foods which are rich in micronutrients and also high quality macronutrients. Nutrient density is a term used often…
Read MoreBasic Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, Part 2: Micronutrients, What are They and Why Athletes Need Them
Micronutrients, What are They and Why Athletes Need Them Build a Strong Fueling Foundation for Victory, Blog Series Part 2 Piggy backing off last month’s post where we discussed macronutrients, this month we will discuss micronutrients. In order to optimize performance through nutrition we need to start with the basics and build a solid foundation.…
Read MoreBasic Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, Part 1
Build a Strong Fueling Foundation for Victory, Blog Series Part 1 Over the next few months we will discuss the basics of nutritional needs for endurance athletes. In order to optimize performance through nutrition we need to start with the basics and build a solid foundation. Similar to how base training builds a foundation in…
Read More10 Fueling Tips for Belgian Waffle Ride and other long cycling events
Mass start, dust up the nose, endless climbs, stretches of captivating scenery, clock ticking. Long Classic-style races are sweeping the hearts of cyclists across the country for the opportunity to complete something epic, try something new, enjoy beautiful scenery, and challenge oneself. Do I want to be a finisher, or do I want to try…
Read MoreI See Food in your Power File: Fueling Adequately for Training
A few weeks ago I hosted a webinar for USA Cycling on the Nutrition Care Process. I discussed how Registered Dietitians conduct nutrition assessments and how coaches can apply these concepts to identify nutrition-related issues in their athletes. The webinar inspired this article where I present a few cases where athletes were unable to complete…
Read MoreAre starches the new sugar? Types of carbohydrates for cycling and how they improve performance.
Many athletes ask themselves how much sugar they should have, when, and from what sources. Studies show eating or drinking carbohydrates before and during workouts improves performance in endurance exercise1. For decades sugars have been king of performance enhancement during exercise in endurance sports. Hundreds of companies make products with sucrose, glucose, maltose, dextrose and…
Read MoreRace Week Tips from Coach Matthew Hill
The week before a big – especially a big long race – start adding a little bit of extra salt to everything. Drink a little bit more water with everything. Cut out the caffeine heading into a race, and you will get a bigger bump from it on race day. Well proven, and helps with……
Read MoreNutrition for the Canyon Belgian Waffle Ride
This years’ Canyon Belgium Waffle Ride is shaping up to be another great event. With a growing field of over 500 Riders in the Waffle Ride, and nearly the same amount in the Wafer Ride, the competition will be fierce. The sheer act of completing this event will be a feat, but how you finish…
Read MoreAnti-inflammatory Nutrition for Endurance Exercise and Overall Health
Many of us, athletes included, have developed some negative habits when it comes to our diet. Specifically in preparation for our workouts, whether that means breakfast or a pre-workout meal mid-day. We’ve been led to believe we need to dominate our caloric intake with carbohydrates to have maximal energy. While many aim to maximize the…
Read MoreThe trifecta of optimizing your fitness
Now that we are past the holidays and many of you have started chipping away at your fitness goals for 2017, it’s time to get down to business and start training right, right? Perhaps you are already a couple months into training? Either way, before you mark down your races and build your plan, there are…
Read MoreCoach Grant Harrison- A Year in Reflection
In 2016 I returned to my roots both geographically and in discipline by returning to mountain biking and the state to which I consider to my true home, Minnesota. Although I competed much less in 2016 than previous years, I realize the value in paying attention to aspects of my life that mattered the most…
Read MoreWhy I chose Source Endurance for my Nutrition Consultation, By Shadd Smith
I recently contacted Grant Harrison, one of the Source Endurance Senior Consultants, for a nutrition consultation. I wanted to know more about my daily nutrition intake as it related to my racing and training throughout the year. My primary goal was to get down to my optimal race weight for this year’s road season and upcoming cyclocross season.…
Read More5 Nutrition Myths for Long Gravel Grinders
As we quickly approach the weekend of Unbound Gravel, along with many other long distance gravel events, it’s important to think about nutrition in addition to the riding component of your preparation to avoid the undesirable “bonk” and miserable crawl home. Cycling traditions include big pasta dinners the night before and eating when you are…
Read MoreWhat Science Says about Nutrition for Long Distance Gravel Events
As we rapidly approach the big weekend of the Unbound Gravel, amidst an array of other long distance gravel events, there are a few important components to putting together a successful ride. Arguably the two most important factors that a person has the ability to change and control is the training component and then a…
Read MoreSweeping the Podium at LandRun 100 and Rage Against the Chainring
For the past two weekends Bob Cummings and the Panaracer/Stan’s NoTubes p/b Bicycle X-Change team, also sponsored by Source Endurance have engineered a clean podium sweep first at the Land Run 100 followed by Rage Against the Chainring. First of all, full credit is due to the fitness of the team, the sound team tactics as…
Read MoreTis the Season, for Gravel. What does it take?
Tis’ the season, for gravel. But what does it take? The recent surge in popularity of gravel events over the past few years has my mind reeling. People are coming out of the woodwork ready to slay their own bodies over thousands of miles of gravel, in the dark, in the cold, and even when…
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