Impact of Calories From Drinks On Racing Weight
Endurance athletes are weight-conscious and given the miles and hours spent training, there’s a lot at stake. Weighing in just five or ten pounds over the ideal weight can dramatically impact race results. Matt Fitzgerald gives tips on how endurance athletes such as cyclists can improve diet and manage appetite.
One in 5 calories now come from beverages!
Calories from drinks:
Coco Cola ( 330 ml) – 139 calories, 35g sugars
Red Bull( 250ml) -110 calories, 27g of sugars
Juice, Orange, with Bits, Tropicana (330ml) – 141 calories
Frappuccino, Coffee, Tall, Starbucks (354ml) – 190 calories
Improving Cycling Performance
Lance Armstrong Coach Chris Carmichael discusses some of the key advancements in training, nutrition, and technology. How much has sports science improved cycling performance in the last 30 years?
Cycling Power to Weight Ratio
Lance Armstrong describes how he uses nutrition to shape his racing and training. How the power to weight ratio is important. Every pound of extra body weight can make a huge impact over a 10 km climb.
Maintaining Ideal Body Weight For Cycling
Maintaining your ideal body weight is imperative for pro cyclists like Lance Armstrong. If you want to control your weight, take a tip from Lance and just step on your scale every day.
And ideally use body composition scales, so that you have other key measurments such as body fat%.
What other measurments can you take?
BMI – not so reliable for athletes as have more muscle than average
Resting and Active Metabolic Rate – how many calories do you burn at rest and how many based on the level of exercise.