SportLegs

[equus123]

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[Running Mommy]

This thread really took a hard left turn!!
Personally I have found that sports legs work for me. I suppose I could go buy a bottle of cal, a bottle of mag, and yet another bottle of D, but I know me- I wouldn't take them. I like having everything in one pill. So I guess I'm paying a premium for it. Whatever.
And as for sportslegs getting in on this thread, I have no problem with it. They simply posted what THEY think their product has to offer. Take it or leave it. I think we are all savy enough to see a marketing campaign coming at us, and know when to duck.
It seems lately that this forum has been a bit oversensitive when it comes to such things... SHEESH! Let's just get on our bikes and go for a ride. We'll ALL feel much better!!

[meridian]

++ to what Equus stated about getting enough carbs. Protein also!

I have to be very careful even when I'm not doing a lot of training about eating the right foods, consistantly, and enough of them or I experience massive headaches, vision problems, random stabbing pains, and feel very rundown and quickly fatigued when I fall off the wagon.

Thus, I've learned to be thrice as careful when I'm working towards a new fitness goal and pushing myself to extremes so I don't experience yucky-ness or burn out.

[smilingcat]

I hit the ignore button from marketting.

As for supplements, I guess i'm bit of an old school. Get it from fresh food, not in a pill form. A friend of mine in college had a notriously bad diet. Lived on junk food and vitamin/mineral supplement. He could run a 10k race well under 30 minutes. Placed 6th overall in Pepsi 10k challange at the invitational. Anyway, it was predictable to see him literally crash every 6 month because of his bad diet.

side note: is it just me but when I was in college, male athletes generally had really bad diet. And we tended to be tad more consciencious of what and how much we ate. We are really bad with equating less weight wih performance. Guys didn't give you know what when it came to their weight.

During enudrance event, its tad hard to be carrying banana/boiled potato or fresh orange so I do resort to Cytomax, Aceelerade, luna bars (lemon and oatmeal/cranberry) even gatorade... Gu I can't stand the taste/texture. After a ride, I'm still bit ambivalent about those after ride drinks. I prefer lightly steamed vegis, sauteed spinach, mushroom, boiled potato...

And as of late i'm feeling bonked in my riding but then again I'm trying to lose about 10-15lb so I can get back into it... Is there a way to lose weight without feeling bonked? I want to lose excess as quickly as possible so I can start my serious training (on bike min of 15 hours/week).

The trouble is my side business is gourmet cookies with sugar/butter... and my regular job have 'treats' on Tuesdays and Fridays. So hard to stay away...

a fat cat,
similingcat

[Veronica]

The owner of my LBS gave us some SportLegs for free yesterday. I'll be giving them a try tomorrow when we do Ebbetts and Pacific Grade, I think.

Of course I'm not planning on riding really hard, it's a smell the roses and take photos kind of ride. So it may not be a fair test.

V.

[Eden]

We got some freebies yesterday too - the hubby and I are going to give the stuff a try at next weekends race. He's hoping that it will keep the cramps away, since he seems to get them even though he uses electrolyte replacement as well as sports drink... I'm just going to see if it makes any difference since I don't tend to cramp.

[Veronica]

Which electrolytes does he use? E Caps make me nauseous.

I got some NUUN yesterday to try.

V.

[Eden]

He uses NUUN for his non-carb bottle and PowerBar for his food bottle. We both use 1/2 doses of NUUN in our every day water too - him to ward away the crampies (and he has been getting fewer cramps, later in the races, but they are still coming) and me to keep from getting headaches, which I do if I keep myself hydrated enough.
He's a heavy sweater - the kind of person who gets to the end of a race white with salt so we think he just has trouble getting and keeping enough electrolyte in.