Mid-ride Protein? | Answering your Cycling Nutrition & Training Questions

[@zachowen4439]

Great video as always Jesse! Personally I’ve always used some mid ride protein (normally in the form of a bar with ~25-30g) on my longer endurance rides (anything over that 4 hour mark and I like some in the middle), super interesting to see it doesn’t matter as much as I thought! Personally I’ll still use it a during weight loss phase to help with satiety and maintain LBM (not that I’m under fuelling on the bike but I will be underfuelling over the course of the day 😂) Thanks again and keep the content coming! :)

[@adamsims6490]

Great video. And thanks for the shout out. It would be great to get you to do a video about your personal training philosophy and what you think works best to see gains. You mentioned elsewhere that you aren’t big on a ‘polarised’ training model, so what sort of training plan do you like ? What do you see works?

[@adriankite8849]

Loved the last q&a of the video can relate to this one 👍

[@mtb71]

Jesse - thanks for another excellent and useful video explained in lay-man terms. Top stuff as usual. Cmon folks 153 likes?

[@gabebikes]

Great info here!

[@dzulkifl]

Liking very much your highly informative, straight talking no fluff videos so far. Keep it up! A question on in-event fuelling. For ultra distance events such as audax or RAAM or anything in excess of 12 hours, how does one practically carry enough carbs while on-bike? Assuming a 40g-80g of carbs per hour (subject to different body weights, conditioning levels, event intensity etc), that is equivalent to typically 1.5 energy muesli/granola bars per hour. Would one really have to carry 12-18 bars/gels ? I'd need to carry a basket! I don't have a pro tour support car! What's the secret, and how do the pros do it on their long long rides?

[@nerocoaching]

Hmmm I'm actually not sure about this, I don't have much experience in the ultra-endurance scene. There may be others that can give their thoughts. It would be bloody tough if you aren't able to stop at shops to buy food.

[@dzulkifl]

@@nerocoaching thx Jesse. Sometimes the events go through the night..and many have rules which say you must be unsupported between stage checkpoints.

[@judd7699]

@@dzulkifl have you reached out to other competitors who have been successful in this sport to compare notes?

[@XX-is7ps]

3:05 I think most people agree protein isn’t necessary mid-ride but I do think the science supports BCAAs intra-workout? Much like carbs they help reduce catabolism but I believe also help mentally with fatigue? I’d have to search for the relevant research though…

[@cupidcutiedesigirl]

Great video! Would be fascinating to get your insights on Ketone Esters. What are they exactly?, How do they work? and What 'advantage' (if any) do they provide? Noting there are some World Tour teams that use the HVMN Ketone Ester product, I think this would make for a great video at some point.

[@nerocoaching]

TrainerRoad did a good podcast & blog on this, better than I could cover it: www.trainerroad.com/blog/science-of-getting-faster-bicarbonate-and-ketones/ Still a minefield of potential downsides, and difficult to get them to work. Given that, and the price, I'd steer clear for now until it's more researched. There's much better ergogenic aids to spend your time, money and effort using that Ketones IMO.

[@XX-is7ps]

9:10 do you not find that sometimes subjective measures can be misleading? I understand that they are one metric to consider but surely alongside objective metrics such as saline cortisol levels, or the use of a physiological test such as grip strength or LLSMCT in place of warmup?

[@cliffordchaperon6795]

jessie - I can't seem to find your vlog on Infinit premium mix - Looking for the long vlog on this topic

[@LouieBaLLz]

Hi, I'm pretty new to cycling and been spending way to much money on fueling. I live in the US and was wondering if Dominos sugar is good for fueling or is there a specific sugar brand you could recommend? Thank you for opening my eyes in fueling.

[@nerocoaching]

No specific brand recommendations, I just use plain white sugar from the local supermarket

[@MagicalCurrent]

How does one start to race NRS & get into the domestic racing scene in Aus? Is it about connections? Or what are teams looking for?

[@nerocoaching]

This could be it's own video, but it's mostly about results. Start getting on the podium in A grade criteriums in your local area. Then speak to team managers/selectors so they are aware of who you are and can keep an eye on you. There's a lot of factors that will impact selection like personality, connections, fitness, age, potential, etc. But they are all secondary to actual results. In any given year, most NRS teams will only in reality have a few spots to fill with new riders so it's very competitive.

[@nerocoaching]

You also need to have a good EOI when speaking to teams, a lot of people don't know how to get noticed in the EOI process.

[@jhref]

Does table salt really give you electrolytes? I thought they were fundamentally different?

[@nerocoaching]

Yes table salt is an electrolyte. Table salt is sodium chloride, an ingredient in most electrolyte products (e.g. SiS Go Hydro). There are other forms of sodium, and also salts of Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, etc which are less important. Sodium is the one you lose at the fastest rate during exercise, and table salt does a good job of replacing it, expect in extreme conditions, or specific very salty sweaters, where you'd probably want to use a more well rounded electrolyte mix.

[@jhref]

@@nerocoaching cool, thanks!

[@fatduck8244]

Will a 25 hour week training block help all athletes? Or does this only benefit pros

[@nerocoaching]

25 hours is a lot, I don't know many riders that would be able to handle that. I can probably count on one hand the amount of times I've done a 25+ hour week on the bike.

[@sdbowen18]

Hey Jesse love the videos. Do you have any insight into what type of base build Jay Vine did prior to his good TT results last year. From Strava it looked like he avoided intensity for a good 3 months. Prior to introducing intensity.

[@nerocoaching]

Cheers Scott. I don't think he was specifically avoiding intensity from August to October, he was just focusing mostly on endurance + SST work as there wasn't much racing on. With the odd Zwift race or Strava segment hunt for intensity. Then from October he brought in more specific work to target Zwift Academy. But I suspect most of the gains which made him flying in November/December was from the endurance and SST work from August-October