Six tips for eating on the bike

Food is fuel, and it’s important to make sure that you eat enough during a ride to sustain your effort and optimize recovery. But actually being able to snack regularly can be quite a challenge. If you struggle to take a hand off to retrieve a gel or bar from your pocket, or find yourself always thinking you’ll stop at the next gate, the top of that hill or once you’ve dropped to the back of the group you’re with, these tips are for you.

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Published on: 25/04/2024

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Avoiding stomach problems on the bike

Whether you’re on a long training ride, taking part in your main target event for the year or enjoying some winter sun on a training camp, digestive or GI (gastrointestinal) distress can rapidly turn pleasure into misery, end your event or consign you to your hotel room. Your digestive system is how you convert food into useable fuel for your cycling engine so, if it isn’t functioning optimally, your performance will suffer. Follow this advice from Healthspan Elite, the Official Sports Nutrition Partner and Official Vitamin and Supplement Partner to the Great Britain Cycling Team and British Cycling, to prevent your gut letting you down.

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Published on: 16/03/2021

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Fuelling and hydration for indoor cycling

Tips and advice for fuelling and hydration for indoor rides, workouts and races.

Published on: 16/03/2021

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Cycling nutrition for long rides

Whether it is a sportive or a long training ride, optimal nutrition, along with consistent training and realistic pacing, is one of the key requisites for success.

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Published on: 22/02/2021

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Eating for an early morning time trial

Many time trials tend to have very early morning starts and, if you’re having to drive to the race HQ too, this can make getting your nutrition right tricky. You don’t want to eat too much too close to the race and risk feeling bloated or nauseous but equally, you don’t want to under perform because you’ve consumed too little. Fortunately, Healthspan Elite, the Official Sports Nutrition Partner and Official Vitamin and Supplement Partner to the Great Britain Cycling Team and British Cycling, is here with some advice.

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Published on: 22/02/2021

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Evening Racing Nutritional Timeline

Whether it’s your local club 10-mile time trial, track league, evening circuit race or even a Zwift race, fuelling and hydrating for 20-60 minutes of hard racing can be difficult. You don’t want to eat too much too close to the race and risk feeling bloated or nauseous but equally, you don’t want to under perform because you’ve consumed to little. Fortunately, Healthspan Elite, the Official Sports Nutrition Partner and Official Vitamin and Supplement Partner to the Great Britain Cycling Team and British Cycling, is here with some advice.

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Published on: 10/02/2021

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Cyclo-cross Nutritional Timeline

The combination of a mid-morning start, travelling to the event and the high intensity nature of the racing can make getting your race day nutrition for cyclocross tricky. You don’t want to eat too much too close to the race and risk feeling bloated or nauseous but equally, you don’t want to underperform because you’ve consumed to little. Fortunately, Healthspan Elite, the Official Sports Nutrition Partner and Official Vitamin and Supplement Partner to the Great Britain Cycling Team and British Cycling, is here with some advice.  

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Published on: 10/02/2021

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Top 5 Winter Cycling Tips

You can find loads of great advice on getting the most out of your winter cycling in our free to download Ultimate Guide to Winter Training eBook but here are five must-do tips if you’re heading out for a winter ride.

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Published on: 21/11/2020

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