Top 8 Things To Eat & Drink For Mountain Bikers

[@gmbn]

What are your favourite way to fuel up for a ride? Also, how do you treat yourself after? Let us know in the comments below!💭👇

[@imajoey6594]

I personally snort a mix of pre workout and protein powder in the morning and in the afternoon I take it mixed with triple brewed coffee

[@CoderShare]

Couple guys I ride with and some days myself, this is no exaggeration and a completely normal way to start a 30 mile/5000 ft day.

[@yengsabio5315]

Triple-brewed? How is it exactly done? Thanks in advance!

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Do both of these products come from Columbia? 🤣

[@p13cu42]

Due to hydration in low/high temps. I'd keep it on the same, higher level. I don't have much exp in MTB but did a fair share of survival/bushcraft and during cold weather I was dehydrating even quicker than during summer. It's that confusing feeling of cold outside makes us don't want to drink that much, but we need to keep in mind that with every breath were loosing water. Rule of thumb drink before you get thirsty. If you feel the thirst, you already started to dehydrate. Sorry for bad English, I hope I made sense.

[@rk28984]

You lose around 500ml water per day, just by breathing.

[@tuksonrider]

Electrolyte replacement is equally important. I ride Sonoran deserts when it does get 110F outside in the summer. You can drink all the water you want, but once depleted of electrolytes, no amount of water during the ride will keep away the cramps and headaches.

[@ahmadrezanazif6438]

Great video, thank you Rich

[@rupedog]

The recommended wAter intake when exercising is 1L per hour! More if hot.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

True but sometimes you need to drink half and top up your levels after an hours ride. Plus it's not true for me anyway, I only end up drinking that amount in very hot weather, at normal temperatures I only drink half that, I'm not rigged like most other people.

[@cloudgazer4570]

I think it's important to add to try to eat dextrose and maltodextrine based sweets during the ride. Since the vast majority of sweets-sadly including most of the "fitness bars" and biking specific sweets-are sucrose based. Dextrose (or simply glucose) and maltodextrine don't taste that good but the former is readily available in your bloodstream for energy production after absorption and maltodextrine also pretty quickly degrades into glucose with a bit slower release. Whereas sucrose molecules need to be split and the fructose part needs to be then transformed in the liver, which is partially responsible for feeling cranky after eating lots of common sugar and it won't be an optimal quick energy source mid-sport.

[@mendyviola]

I have a protein drink, oatmeal and some fruit pre-ride. Nothing too heavy that I’ll regret later. During the ride I bring protein bars and/or trail mix. Down here in the Gulf coast of Texas, I also make sure I hydrate well before, during and after the ride, using electrolyte powders or liquid water enhancers. Post ride is protein heavy: fish, seafood or chicken with plenty of veg and some fruit.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

I avoid the bars, powders, and enhancers, the rest though, is sound advice for anyone. Though you can also achieve protein without the meat through eggs, nut butter (like almond), green vegetables (spinach, asparagus, broccoli, brussels sprouts, green peas), nuts and seeds (almonds, cashews, chia), beans (black beans, kidney beans, lima beans, chickpeas), lentils. Which is handy if you are traveling and cooking, but don't want to have to store meat.

[@88davidw]

Very helpful tips. Thanks!

[@Cosmos.Kiyopon]

Thanks Richard! Especially the water tip, I always thirst for it yet i dont bring one. And also I've switched from flats to clips! I really want you and blake to make another video tips for clipless beginners❤️

[@rupedog]

Post hard ride, protein shake, and g&t if sunny!

[@sopianwahyudi]

I eat normal meal 1-2 hours before riding (at night lol)

[@JasonFoxLCB]

If anyone on your crew is diabetic, it'd be nice to get their take. I maintain good control, but some rides just seem to go more haywire glucose-wise than others. Haywire = low. Not fun.

[@Ry_Rides]

Same here! I sometimes nail it and sometimes I just plummet! It can help reducing basal a couple of hours before a ride (using a pump that is) and having 2/3 jelly babies every 30 mins or so

[@JasonFoxLCB]

@@Ry_Rides Exactly. I have a pump and the Freestyle Libre. Maybe when Dexcom finally releases the G7 that's auto-adjust my Tandem things will be easier. As it is, I carry two tubes of glucose tab to be safe. I have noticed that the hotter the weather, the faster my glucose drops. Or maybe I'm just trying harder than in days past. Ha!

[@keaneburnett9789]

Just got my new bike, it a GT avalanche sport so will be riding way more and will need to know all this stuff

[@Thenakedfinisher]

I wouldn't take this guy's advice, watch Dr. Berg or Dr. Berry, they talk about the garbage of power or energy bars. Research and learn.

[@gmbn]

Nice! There is no better feeling than new bike day! You can find video's like this on our channel playlists. Safe riding out there!🤘

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Try healthier options, a lot of these bars will cause a high and a major crash and should only be used in an emergency.

[@woduk]

Banana loaf or some malt loaf I usually take with me on rides

[@Gabe73C]

Best part is the post ride hydration with a pint.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Dark beer, good for the muscles.

[@driver_18]

Ahh something I do well in mtb! The eating part.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Essential for downhill riders, one more pie could be the difference to winning. 🤣

[@RidethePuppetz4]

Eat your water!! ❤

[@davidgeorge7443]

I keep fueled up with sweet potatoes on the trails

[@gmbn]

Unique but cool! 😎

[@robinburt5735]

eat whatever you like it doesn't make any difference to most people

[@CoderShare]

You're wrong. It makes a huge difference to everyone, no matter your fitness. So many people wrongly overestimate their body's ability to perform on a crap diet.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

It makes a difference to me when they close the trail because the emergency services got called for you. 🤣

[@peterrecchia6830]

I think GMBN is spying on me! Just last night i was getting in the weeds about this stuff. THANKS!

[@Pityke4]

Haha same, I was riding on last Sunday and at some point after a lot of climb I got really tired and sleepy all of a sudden and then I was wondering if I should bring some energy bars or something with me next time.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

@@Pityke4 try trail mix, nuts, other things, you can always increase the c**p you put into your body if needed, trying to ween yourself back off it is harder.

[@burningatthetrailhead]

Post ride steak and beer 😂

[@gmbn]

Nothing better! 😂

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Hang on, isn't there normally something else after the steak and a beer? 🤣

[@burningatthetrailhead]

@@user-yv2cz8oj1k well. I may be burning at the trail head but I also burn a few after a ride too.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

@@burningatthetrailhead you'd better get some soothing ointment or something for that.

[@burningatthetrailhead]

@@user-yv2cz8oj1k 😂🤣🔥

[@noiseless4996]

Weirdly enough i crave for salad or green leave- veggie after a very long ride.. don't ask me why

[@Thenakedfinisher]

Because that's the proper diet to eat

[@gmbn]

Healthy and hydrating! Nothing wrong with that! 👊

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

It's partly your body craving more liquid, but also whole grains, dark green leafy vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds and whole grains, are often a good natural source of magnesium, which is required for the proper absorption of certain vitamins, which is obviously very important. Your body is telling you the right things to eat.

[@noiseless4996]

@@user-yv2cz8oj1k your right, still find it weird in which way my body tellse to eat salad, not in a bowl but rather to eat it like an apple 😅😂

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

@@noiseless4996 go with it, it clearly is working in your best interests.

[@MechaNick767]

Speaking of things to take in. Do mountain bikers benefit from gym supplements? Do Pros use anything like that?

[@psychonaut038]

If you go to the gym next to cycling. Yes. Otherwise no.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Better to have a balanced healthy diet than use gym supplements, also most gym bunnies I know have very poor core strength, I know, I've seen the results when groups of them have tried things like snowboarding.

[@dizzieau4170]

Great video

[@gmbn]

Thanks for the support! 👊

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

It is a great video, it's wrong, but it's a great video. 🤣

[@davegravitt210]

A pint an hour!!! Hell yeah! But that's not enough!. 😂

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Does the brewery have to ride behind you? 🤣

[@komoonkh]

Bonkers bonkin’

[@Miata8500]

caffeine is considered a illigal substance in my racing program :(

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

You don't have to use caffeine, some of use are just over reliant on it.

[@jamesweldon8118]

If you’re not boofin you’re goofin

[@tomassanesson902]

❤👍🤘

[@dizzieau4170]

First

[@gmbn]

🥇👊

[@bobothericefarmer1878]

Mmmmm

[@aleksarajkovic3471]

Coffee before the ride is just asking for cramps and health problems ....

[@resurgem]

It would give me raging heartburn!

[@aleksarajkovic3471]

@Globalmountainbike hahahahahaha lol