food an performance
Stumpjumper25
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Hi,
I was wondering what food other ladies eat before a ride?.
The reason why i ask is i find i perform better in the morning an after eating more protien than carbs. As carbs make me feel heavy some times bloated. Anyway---
On sunday after a good cooked breakfast i found that i kept up with the guy's on the climbs, where i am normaly at the half way when they are at the top,And i kept a good pace.
Yet yesterday i had cereal & yogurt for breakfast, then a sandwich for lunch. Went out with mate around 2pm an felt crap struggled up a couple of the hills, my pace had dropped a bit.
I know it was maybe because i had'nt eaten enough.
Have any of you noticed the differance on performance after you've eat certain foods?.
I was wondering what food other ladies eat before a ride?.
The reason why i ask is i find i perform better in the morning an after eating more protien than carbs. As carbs make me feel heavy some times bloated. Anyway---
On sunday after a good cooked breakfast i found that i kept up with the guy's on the climbs, where i am normaly at the half way when they are at the top,And i kept a good pace.
Yet yesterday i had cereal & yogurt for breakfast, then a sandwich for lunch. Went out with mate around 2pm an felt crap struggled up a couple of the hills, my pace had dropped a bit.
I know it was maybe because i had'nt eaten enough.
Have any of you noticed the differance on performance after you've eat certain foods?.
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Hi Stumpjumper.
Yep I think food definately has an impact on performance. I've only been into mtbing for 3 months now so have a lot to learn and am trying to get fitter, but have noticed that I what eat the day before a ride makes a difference... I find that if i've eaten loads of junk food the day before, then i usually feel less energetic and tire more the next day, but if i eat well the day before then i have a bit more energy. But I guess a good breakfast also helps too, trouble is i'm rubbish at eating breakfast as don't usually feel very hungry early on, so haven't figured out what I can eat yet that I can stomach and will be good for me. I love a full english breakfast but couldn't face cooking/eating one early in the morning! Usually just end up forcing myself to eat some malt loaf and a banana which i guess is better than nothing.
Any tips from anyone on good stuff to eat would be appreciated !0 -
Hey guys,
have a read of the mountain biking diets thread... might help a bit
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=126310600 -
Hi
yes i am at my best 1-2 hours after eating high protein foods! also feel great afterwards especially if followed by protein snack 1 hour after finished any sport not just mtb. There is science involved in this but can't explain that sorry! its great you kept up with the guys... 0 -
Hi All,
Thanks for the replies, well it seems that protein is the way. Yes there is science involved but like you Hearndenemma i can't explain. :?
Since i've been taking thyroine i have to wait 30 mins to a hr before i can eat anything. So by the time i've waited i'm ready for food lol. I've never been a big potato,pasta,rice,bread fan i can go for wks without touching bread.
I do use protein recovery shakes after any sort of training.
I'm just getting into jogging, no good at it at the min but am hoping it will help. 0 -
I did read that carb-loading isn't as useful for woman as it is for men, and that we process energy from sugar more efficiently than men. So I have a large quantity of cake and chocolate before a ride. And during the ride. Post recovery, I favour cake and biscuits.
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If i was to eat cake an chocolate i'd be to big to get onto me bike 0
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Mrs Toast wrote:I did read that carb-loading isn't as useful for woman as it is for men, and that we process energy from sugar more efficiently than men. So I have a large quantity of cake and chocolate before a ride. And during the ride. Post recovery, I favour cake and biscuits.
mmmmm liking the approach Mrs Toast... chocolate, cake & biscuits Sounds good ha ha 0 -
MrsMoo wrote:Mrs Toast wrote:I did read that carb-loading isn't as useful for woman as it is for men, and that we process energy from sugar more efficiently than men. So I have a large quantity of cake and chocolate before a ride. And during the ride. Post recovery, I favour cake and biscuits.
mmmmm liking the approach Mrs Toast... chocolate, cake & biscuits Sounds good ha ha
Yup - I like this logic too Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away....
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I always feel flaky after a few hours if I'm doing a big ride, but haven't fueled up the day before on pasta, or some other carb-rich food.0
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You're right, women don't process carbs the way men do so actually carb-loading for women is pretty pointless...
Couldn't help but reply to this thread as I have fuelling issues on a regular basis and it's taken me 6 months to sort it out! I'm an ex-footballer and always found i needed to eat at half-time just to get through 45 minutes of intense running, but struggled to eat anything too heavy pre-match... However with cycling i seem to be different as i guess there's less 'jiggling' of the stomach area?
Anyway, i've finally discovered that protein is 100% the way forward for me - carbs leave me feeling bloated and then I'm hungry again an hour into the ride. But the other week i had a big pile of scrambled egg on wholemeal toast with baked beans, and i was flying! Sugar helps too though and I had Haribo for along the ride as i found i still needed the odd sugar boost.
I seem to burn through food very quickly so carbs are blddy useless whereas protein supplemented by sweets seems to work.0 -
There is plenty of carbs in that meal too though!0
