SportLegs

[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.

[Starfish]

Nuun worked really well for me a couple years ago when I did a 6 day tour in really hot dry weather (3 days were 104+ degrees).

[Resi]

I am wondering... searching for the right thing is maybe impossible? When I read the ingredients of all the bars, pills, proteins, there is always something bad in it. What catches my eyes is the artificial sugars/sugaralcohols... no I don't want to put this in my body. Cycling and other sports should be healthy. Why spending all this money on the highly promoted products, which promise us to have more energy, go faster and more... I know I was a victim of the marketing and it did not work for me, I am back to my nuts/trail mix and this works perfect and is healthier. Hey it's just my opinion/expirience...I hope I am not alone...

Resi