What fuels you? (2 Viewers)

[on the rocks]

So I have been down the rabbit hole of all kinds of toxic supplements you typically get at any store for energy on the trail. Red bull, then even worse sugar free Red bull, Celsius, Ciff Blocks, protein bars(compete junk) and so on. And started getting into Bio Hacking and health eating and started reading the labels on these items and using AI to search what ingredient does outside the loaded sugar, caffeine and toxic natural flavoring which is who knows what and baffled by what we put in our bodies. With the help of a nutritionist and a lot of podcasts on nutrition I started trying new things. I have been riding quite a bit so that is helping but I'm feeling huge gains in strength and seeing time on rides drop quite a bit. Some things I'm using now and seeing great results:
Perfect Amino Amino acid- I keep it simple and do 5 tabs an hour before rides. One of my favorite sups and help a lot with recovery and muscle building. Game changer for multiple day rides.
Perfect Amino power meal protein- Not my favorite and will drop but it seems to be help bulking up and keeping weight since riding so much.
LMNT- Orange and lemon are pretty good, a hit of sodium, potassium and magnesium.
Potassium Citrate- Stacking more potassium not sure what else it may do.
Thiamin- not sure what this does lol. Maybe converts food into energy
simple filtered water...
No sugars, no caffeine, no toxic garbage! I'm coming up on my high school weight and feeling better than ever. Damn, I love riding bikes...

So what do you use??

 

[ravewoofer]

So I have been down the rabbit hole of all kinds of toxic supplements you typically get at any store for energy on the trail. Red bull, then even worse sugar free Red bull, Celsius, Ciff Blocks, protein bars(compete junk) and so on. And started getting into Bio Hacking and health eating and started reading the labels on these items and using AI to search what ingredient does outside the loaded sugar, caffeine and toxic natural flavoring which is who knows what and baffled by what we put in our bodies. With the help of a nutritionist and a lot of podcasts on nutrition I started trying new things. I have been riding quite a bit so that is helping but I'm feeling huge gains in strength and seeing time on rides drop quite a bit. Some things I'm using now and seeing great results:
Perfect Amino Amino acid- I keep it simple and do 5 tabs an hour before rides. One of my favorite sups and help a lot with recovery and muscle building. Game changer for multiple day rides.
Perfect Amino power meal protein- Not my favorite and will drop but it seems to be help bulking up and keeping weight since riding so much.
LMNT- Orange and lemon are pretty good, a hit of sodium, potassium and magnesium.
Potassium Citrate- Stacking more potassium not sure what else it may do.
Thiamin- not sure what this does lol. Maybe converts food into energy
simple filtered water...
No sugars, no caffeine, no toxic garbage! I'm coming up on my high school weight and feeling better than ever. Damn, I love riding bikes...

So what do you use??

Well, I start with a breakfast of cereal, yogurt, banana and toast. At the trailhead, I’ll swig some gatoraid and half a clif bar.

In order to keep a strong, speedy pace, I eat some banana and more Gatorade every half hour. I ride solo deep in the woods, so I don’t want to bonk. Long way out that way.

That’s it! In my 30’s I would swill Cytomax and some Metabolol, but no more.

Aside from the physical fueling, what really fuels me is feeling good. I ride hard and when done, I enjoy my fitness high for days. So I do it again and again.

Like a lab rat hitting the button for his reward.