Every time the topic of nutrition gets brought up on either a cycling forum, or with a bunch of fellow cyclists after a group ride, one thing simply amazes me; there is a remarkable amount of cyclists out there who bike an average of 50 miles a day, can tear down their bike and put it together in the blink of an eye, but know very little about basic nutrition. I’m not talking about what to eat or drink immediately before, during, or after a long ride. …

In the past, PowerBar hasn’t exactly been known for their healthy energy bars. They were generally filled with high fructose corn syrup, and high in saturated fats. Those are two deadly combinations and are the exact opposite of what your body craves after a long ride. Not too long ago PowerBar released the Harvest line of energy bars. The Harvest energy bar was designed to compete with organic type energy bars like Clif. While the PowerBar Harvest isn’t even partially organic, …

Most of you probably already know the importance of drinking a sports drink after a long ride. It is very important to restore those electrolytes and carbohydrates that your body desires after a good workout. The only problem is, if you enjoy a long daily ride, name brand sports drinks can get rather expensive. Here is a list of sports drink recipes you can make on your own.
Recipe 1

1 can orange juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon lime juice
3/4 teaspoon salt
water

Recipe 2

1/2 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon lite salt
1/4 cup …

Back in the early twentieth century, a scientist by the name of Otto Meyerhof made a breakthrough discovery that changed the face of sports training for years to follow. Meyerhof did a test where he cut a frog in half, and placed its rear section in a sealed jar, away from oxygen. He then sent an electric shock through the legs and watched them twitch for a few seconds before slowly coming to a stop. Afterwords, Meyerhof found the legs to be saturated with lactic acid. From …

Nowadays, most of us are very accustomed to scanning the nutrition facts on all the food and drink we buy. We first check for fats, then maybe for sugar, and sometimes the fiber, but most people don’t make their way to the ingredients list. There is one ingredient in particular that should make you think twice about picking up those fat free sweets. High fructose corn syrup has almost completely replaced sugar in most of our commercially made sweets. In 1966 we weren’t eating a gram …

There are very few things worse than a nasty tasting energy bar. Unfortunately, most of the energy bars that are tasty, are also pretty bad for you. They are generally loaded in saturated fats and the second ingredient is more than likely high fructose corn syrup.
Thank God for Clif Bars. You will hear me sing their praises more often than not on this blog, and for good reason. Just take a look at the ingredient list of any Clif Bar and you will understand why they …

I have had a couple of the classic Nalgene bottles for the last 5 years, and I have had only one complaint. It is a pain in the ass to drive and drink out of the standard Nalgene bottle.
If you hit a bump while drinking, you are screwed. I was picking up a new bed roll for a camping trip this weekend and decided to pick up one of the smaller mouthed Nalgene bottles. I had seen the OTG Nalgenes in Bicycling Magazine a few …