The Functional Trainer

Planning A Cyclist Diet


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This is why diet and nutrition plays a vital and pivotal role in performance, eating the right food at the correct times will help achieve your targets throughout the season. Practicing with different foods to optimize your performance will help you feel more ready for “race day” events. Depending on what type of training and cycling you do will dictate your diet, finding the right balance will play a key role in your performance.

A Training Diet

Frequent meals and snacks can help meet energy and carbohydrate needs when requirements are high.

Hydration needs for road cycling

Road cyclists should aim to drink enough fluids each day to replace fluid losses, adapting their fluid intake to factors which impact fluid losses such as temperature, wind, sweat rate, training intensity.

What to eat before cycling

Choosing the right foods beore events is vital to good performance

What to eat and drink while cycling

The all important choice of what and when to eat while cycling

Post-race recovery

The final part of the jigsaw, how best to recover after cycling.

Need help planning your cycling season, races, training or diet then contact us at www.apachebrave.co.uk

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The Functional TrainerBy Richard