Anyone use them? Thoughts? My partner swears it helps on longer or hammerfest rides. So far I haven't been on any "longer" rides, 40 miles is it and I'm not into hammerfests, but I'm working up to longer rides and I wondered if it actually helped.
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Anyone use them? Thoughts? My partner swears it helps on longer or hammerfest rides. So far I haven't been on any "longer" rides, 40 miles is it and I'm not into hammerfests, but I'm working up to longer rides and I wondered if it actually helped.
One of the other women at work swears by it. I'm skeptical. (The ingredients are pretty much sodium, calcium, and magnesium lactates. It's an electrolyte supplement.)
Tried them last year after reading they were legit. No more burning legs when climbing. I guess I'm a believer.
In my experience, to help manage my body's lactic acid I train by doing climbing routes, running, staying hydrated and eating well. The main ingredients in SportLegs are vitamin D, calcium and magnesium which are part of a normal, healthy natural diet.
Calcium, magnesium and potassium are good sources for helping to prevent leg cramps/ lactic acid build ups and those can be found in dried apricots, almonds/cashews and a banana….add some raisins for some iron and stay hydrated with enough water. That works well for me and doesn’t have any of the things commercial supplements have to add for shelf life, encapsulation, the silicon dioxide to help them dissolve etc.
…but then I prefer Michael Pollan's advice of "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." :)
All that said if it works for someone else that’s all good too with me!!!