Nutrition Eating On The Bike
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.
Knowledge Level: Intermediate
Published on: 16/03/2021
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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.
Knowledge Level: Intermediate
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.
Knowledge Level: Intermediate
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.
Knowledge Level: Intermediate
Published on: 10/02/2021
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Cycling on a vegetarian or vegan diet
The Great Britain Cycling Team nutritionists explain how to combine cycling with a vegetarian or vegan diet.
Knowledge Level: Intermediate
Published on: 11/06/2019
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Fasted morning rides
Should fasted morning rides be part of your training, how do you do them and how can you maximise their gains?
Knowledge Level: Intermediate
Published on: 11/06/2019
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Lessons from the cycling professionals
Whether you’re watching the Spring Classics or a Grand Tour, the skill and fitness of professional riders is something the majority of us can only dream of. However, as Greg Lemond said, “It doesn’t get any easier, you just go faster” so, although their average speed may be beyond our comprehension, they still have to overcome many of the same obstacles to success as us cycling mortals. By looking at how they do this, you can improve your own riding
Knowledge Level: Intermediate
Published on: 11/06/2019
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Gluten free cycling
With a number of professional teams and riders promoting the benefits of a gluten free diet, should you be avoiding traditional carb sources such as bread and pasta?
Knowledge Level: Intermediate
Published on: 08/04/2015
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