It’s been a little more than a year since we published our first comparison of energy gels. For the past two weeks, we’ve been testing GU Roctane, advertised as an ultra performance energy gel. Roctane is based on GU’s regular ...
Read More »Hammer Perpetuem Solids Endurance Nutrition-Review
Great product with a creative delivery. Very chalky, though, which could turn off some users. Much more stable than premixing Prepetuem
Read More »Hammer Nutrition HEED–Review
Just about anyone who’s ever participated in a triathlon has tried HEED from Hammer Nutrition. HEED is Hammer’s electrolyte drink and is a common feature at most well organized tris due to it’s performance and Hammer’s sponsorship efforts. The folks ...
Read More »Fluid Recovery Drink–Final Review
Sorry for the delay in getting this review out to our readers, our IKEA kitchen adventure took a bit longer than expected. After a week of using Fluid Recovery drink during our half ironman training plan, we’ve learned quite a ...
Read More »Fluid Recovery Drink–Initial Review
In the second installment of our Recovery Drink Review Series, today we turn to Fluid Recovery drink. A special thanks to Richard at LiveFluid for the samples. Background on Fluid and NEHP: Fluid Recovery is manufactured by Nutritional Energetics and ...
Read More »Dave Scott on Post Race Fueling
On Tuesday, we shared Dave Scott’s tips and calculations for proper race and training nutrition. After your race, it’s essential to replace glycogen stores and simple sugars. According to Dave, it’s essential to consume proper nutrients within 15 to 45 minutes. Just ...
Read More »Hammer Nutrition Recoverite–Final Review
Early last week, we published an initial review of Hammer Nutrition’s Recoverite. Today, we’ve been able to use the Recoverite for an entire week of our half Ironman distance training and are pleased to offer this final review. Again, thanks ...
Read More »Dave Scott Video on Training and Racing Fueling
Many beginner triathletes simply load up on liquids, gels, and maybe a nutrition bar or two during their race. While this might be doable in a sprint or even an olympic distance race, if you’re looking at a longer race ...
Read More »FitEgg Triathlon Gear Review Weekly Recap–5 March 2010
As I mentioned in last week’s update, this was a really good start to the month. We kicked off our next contest, a $50 gift certificate at TriSports.com. To enter the contest, you can simply visit our Newsletter Signup Page. ...
Read More »Hammer Nutrition Recoverite Recovery Drink–Initial Review
As mentioned in the earlier post, we’re kicking off a nutrition series today. The first product we’ll review is Hammer Nutrition’s Recoverite Recovery Drink. Thanks to Hammer for supplying the samples of Chocolate and Strawberry Recoverite. Recoverite is Hammer Nutrition’s dedicated recovery drink. However, ...
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