Blog Archives

Perspectives #12: A Deep Dive Into Ride Food, with Namrita Brooke

4/27/2022

Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #12: A Deep Dive Into Ride Food, with Namrita Brooke

This discussion with Namrita (PhD, RDN) centers on ride food questions like how much, when, how to adjust for early rides, races, and if protein and fat is necessary. Additional side quests include the glucose-fructose ratio, how important ride food is in the context of the day, gastric emptying rate, the effects of caffeine, solid vs liquid food, and many others.

Show Notes
[email protected]
Namrita's Instagram
Inside Sports Nutrition

Caffeine Ingestion With or Without Low-Dose Carbohydrate Improves Exercise Tolerance in Sedentary Adults
13C-glucose-fructose labelling reveals comparable exogenous CHO oxidation during exercise when consuming 120 g/h in fluid, gel, jelly chew or co-ingestion
Feeding Tolerance, Glucose Availability, and Whole-Body Total Carbohydrate and Fat Oxidation in Male Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Runners in Response to Prolonged Exercise, Consuming a Habitual Mixed Macronutrient Diet and Carbohydrate Feeding During Exercise
Effects of supplementing with an 18% carbohydrate-hydrogel drink versus a placebo during whole-body exercise in −5 °C with elite cross-country ski athletes: a crossover study

0 Comments

Ten Minute Tips #19: FTP Testing Shortcuts

4/20/2022

0 Comments

Empirical Cycling Podcast · Ten Minute Tips #19: FTP Testing Shortcuts

Kolie and Kyle discuss the mental and physical aspects of going into an FTP test and add some perspective on nerves, rest, and softening blows to the ego. Then three alternative RPE or data based, submaximal methods are discussed. We also touch on tests that go too well and how to adjust to realistic numbers for training, and why it's better to be consistent than play whack-a-mole with occasional good days.

0 Comments

Perspectives #11: The Best Workout Is Not Working Out, with Adam Pulford

4/5/2022

0 Comments

Empirical Cycling Podcast · Perspectives #11: The Best Workout Is Not Working Out, with Adam Pulford

CTS coach Adam Pulford shares his thoughts on the ins and outs of recovery and how crucial it is. Topics including signs you need a rest week, how often you should take one, rest week structure, if sprints are okay during a recovery day, and the benefits of apple picking.

Show Notes
Adam's Instagram
Adam's CTS Bio
CTS Instagram
CTS Podcast

0 Comments

Perspectives #12: A Deep Dive Into Ride Food, with Namrita Brooke

Ten Minute Tips #19: FTP Testing Shortcuts

Perspectives #11: The Best Workout Is Not Working Out, with Adam Pulford

Archives

Categories