I am really struggling to find a way to achieve the benefits from fueling work correctly. I am bad enough outdoors, but will keep this focused on indoor rides since they are more controlled. I follow a low volume rolling road race plan and stick to it quite consistently. I typically have breakfas…

I’ve been making my own for a few years now it it is like rocket fuel! Tastes fine and have used it to fuel multiple 9+ hour races. And comes to about 30 cents a serving! Buy in bulk maltodextrin, fructose, and Gatorade powder. Mix it 2:1:1 (malto,fructose,Gatorade) Have to do it by weight using …

I’m not perfect at fueling, but for long rides I aim for whole foods early ( bananas ), fruit bars at the middle, and gels / drinks at the end. I eat 2 bananas an hour ( 3 is too much for me ) for the first hour, 3 bars (36g of carbs each ) an hour for most of the ride, and from 4/5h of riding I st…

On the trainer there’s some value in doing all your carbs in your bottle as the sweat rate is so high. At least I go through a lot of bottles, mixed up at 60 or 90g per 950mL bottle.

Your fueling during a 60-90 minute ride on a LV training plan sounds actually good to me. Are you able to get your workouts done and still do everything else in your daily life without feeling out of whack? If so then you’re able to absorb the work just fine. A lot of people would skip one or all of…

[image] kosmo886: I am really struggling to find a way to achieve the benefits from fueling work correctly. Fueling work correctly starts off the bike, in the kitchen. How are you doing in the kitchen? In my humble opinion if you want to succeed, start with your off-the-bike nutrition.

[image] kosmo886: I don’t know what else to eat though. I don’t want to go through tons of expensive gels that taste awful either. Any thoughts? I feel you there! Once I learned how to make all the supplements from scratch, I got really tired of doing math every day so I made the app that @…

Finding different / cheaper / better tasting nutrition is one thing. But when saying you are terrible at fueling, what do you actually mean? Can’t hit power numbers, RPE too high, or something else? If none of those, you should be fine. I don’t know if hitting recommended 60-90g carbs per hour shoul…

[image] WindWarrior: Fueling work correctly starts off the bike, in the kitchen. How are you doing in the kitchen? In my humble opinion if you want to succeed, start with your off-the-bike nutrition This. Fueling on the bike is extremely easy, off the bike is completely different game. And us…

I pretty much don’t focus on anything off the bike. I know that sounds awful! I mostly hit my numbers fine but often feel out of whack or low energy later in the day after harder workouts. I’m assuming this is mostly nutrition based. Does anyone remember the podcast episode where Jonathan posted l…

I am terrible at fueling/nutrition!

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dhellman December 22, 2022, 7:43pm 7

I have found @Dr_Alex_Harrison’s app to be immensely helpful for me to fuel appropriately for both indoor and outdoor rides. It takes most of the guesswork out of it for me, so I don’t have to wonder, which is invaluable. I will do a combination of solid fuel as well as liquid - I add maltodextrose and sodium citrate to a scoop of my favorite product (used for flavor). Here’s the link to all of the details for how to get access:

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