How well you tolerate consuming sports drinks and energy gels and how well you can absorb the energy in them and use to fuel your performance are both trainable factors that are critical for endurance performance. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Training the Gut methods to improve your tolerance of sports nutrition products and reduce GI-distress -Training the Gut methods to improve how much carbohydrate you can absorb and use as fuel -A two-week Gut Training protocol -Why "Train low, race high" is not a smart, and definitely not evidence-based strategy SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts122/ THAT TRIATHLON SHOW HOMEPAGE: www.thattriathlonshow.com SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free! Stac - The Stac Zero is the world's quitest bike trainer. No noise and no tire wear, since it doesn't even touch the tire! It is also very portable and affordable. Even more so when using the discount code TTS20 for 20% off when you buy your Stac Zero (any of the models). LINKS AND RESOURCES: *Race-day fueling and The Core Diet with Jesse Kropelnicki | EP#40 *Nutrition before, during and after workouts | EP#100 *Training the Gut for Athletes - Asker Jeukendrup, Sports Medicine, 2017 *Two weeks of repetitive gut‐challenge reduce exercise‐associated gastrointestinal symptoms and malabsorption, Miall et al., * *** *Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2017 *The New Science of Training Your Gut - Sweat Science *How to shave 14 minutes off your Ironman bike split with Jon and Chris Thornham | EP#31 RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.
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