SportLegs

[Starfish]

I tried Sportslegs at one time and did find it helpful in reducing cramping after a ride. But I noticed that it has the same ingredients as my calcium/magnesium suppliment which only costs 10 bucks for about 200 pills. If I remember correctly Sportslegs was $30 for 60 pills. Thats a bit pricy considering what it really is...

Have you ever tried your Cal/Mag supplement right before riding, and noticed the same effect of less lactate build-up on hard efforts?

[lauraelmore1033]

Have you ever tried your Cal/Mag supplement right before riding, and noticed the same effect of less lactate build-up on hard efforts?

If I don't take the cal/mag supplement I notice a difference, but I don't notice a difference between the sportslegs and the cheaper supplement.

[Starfish]

If I don't take the cal/mag supplement I notice a difference, but I don't notice a difference between the sportslegs and the cheaper supplement.

Well, this is great to know. On the SportLegs bottle, it is listed as the lactate forms of the Cal/Mag. I was curious if this was a real difference, or just marketing.

Thanks for your answer...that's what I was wondering!

[makbike]

Can one get too much Ca/Mg? The capsules I have 1000 mg of calcium, 500 mg of magnesium and 200 IU of vitamin D. According to the website for Sportsleg each capsule has 131 mg of calcium, 65 mg of magnesium and 65 IU of vitamin D. Should I reduce the number of recommended capsules per dose (3-6 capsules daily)? I've not tried taking this before a ride. In all honesty, I often forget to take this supplement on a daily basis so I can't say that it has helped or hindered my performance on my bike. However, I do know my legs are tired and in addition to several days of R & R I need to add a supplement to help them meet the demands I'm placing on them.

[Starfish]

Can one get too much Ca/Mg?

Should I reduce the number of recommended capsules per dose (3-6 capsules daily)?

I'm not remotely qualified to answer your questions. I will say, though, that I have now taken the Sportlegs twice. Once on Saturday before a prolonged, hard, climbing ride, and once today before a hard spinning class that really made my legs burn and hurt last time. Truly, I think the supplement is helping me work harder, longer, more comfortably. I'm thinking I will just take it two days/week as a training aid...for spinning, and for my long weekend ride.

[kelownagirl]

This is an interestign thread. I've been trying to remember to take my supplement on a regualr basis but I think I may try taking it an hour before my next hard ride and see if it helps.

Makbike - My tabs have 250mg each of C and M, and 200 of Vit D. I take 2, once a day. (500, 500, 400) No idea if that's good or bad.

[SportLegs]

Starfish and others-

Our ingredients label has to adhere to meticulous FDA guidelines. A glance suggests SportLegs is just regular old cal/mag and vitamin D. As clever Starfish noticed, it's not: It's lactate forms of those minerals, and that's what makes the difference. See, "lactic acid" IS lactate. It's what your muscles exchange to handle short sprint-duration energy needs. And most sports are just sequences of sprint activity. The better your muscles exchange lactate, the faster, longer and more effortlessly you can go. The problem is that when you begin sports, your muscles start making way more than they can use constructively, which causes a technical domino effect which subsequently lowers your Lactate Threshold, the point where you run into the "burn" and accumulate the nasties which contribute to next-day soreness. Your muscles continue to make too much lactate until your blood lactate level rises. But taking SportLegs an hour before riding raises your blood lactate the same way. So you trick your muscles into not making too much in the first place- as Bicycling magazine wrote, "a sneaky way to raise your lactate threshold and boost performance." We think using something healthy to help sidestep the biggest turnoffs about riding isn't so much sneaky as just plain smart. And it sure works, doesn't it?

We're grateful to you all for helping spread the word about a good thing. Oddly, "team testosterone" members don't seem nearly as willing to tell anyone else about SportLegs.