Watching a recent YouTube video posted by Precision Fuel and Hydration, a company that supplies products to the Lotto Dstny pro cycling team as well as to athletes in other sports, having scales at the buffet at the training camp is a done thing. It reflects part of a very scientific and rather demanding approach to managing fuel intake for the riders.

April showers bring May flowers…. Or in a cyclists case, the Giro d’Italia and the urge to start riding longer and/or harder. But unless we want our fitness to start wilting like the daisies come July, we need to make sure we are giving ourselves the right Seed, Soil, Sunshine, and Rain. 

In this toolbox article, I review why supplementing with carbs during a ride is so important, as well as providing some general recommendations that you can implement for your own training.

Garbage in, garbage out applies not just to training but also to nutrition. Nutrition books are a popular source of nutrition information, but are their authors actually qualified in their nutrition knowledge?

TOOLBOX: We've all heard about the positive benefits of caffeine on performance. But trending lately is beet root juice, so let's investigate the positive benefits and science behind beetroot juice as a performance enhancer for cyclists and athletes.

Having spent my time as an undergraduate studying biochemistry and human metabolism, the idea of "fasted training" remains one of my favorite training tactics nearly 5 years later. This article explains how & why fasted training works, and how you can incorporate this into your own cycling training plan.

We often discuss concepts like the aerobic threshold, the anaerobic threshold, the lactate threshold, etc. But have you heard of the Glycogen Threshold? To put it simply, low carbs availability in your muscles can serve as strong signals to increase your muscle’s aerobic capacity.

Now that we have the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift we are witnessing a very positive growth in women’s cycling, with not only an increasing number of athletes in the pro ranks, but also in the number of amateur and recreational riders. But information on specific nutrition for female cycling It is still scarce.

TOOLBOX: Planning the whole nutrition for a multi-stage race in the UCI calendar is no easy task and requires coordination not only with the athletes but also with many staff members who are a crucial part of a cycling team. Today, I show you a Nutritionists’ perspective on what is required of us nutritionists in such scenario.