A Complete Guide to Pro Cyclist's Diet for Success
- bikespyrenees
- Apr 18, 2017
- 2 min read
Cycling is an adventurous competitive sport. By cycling, a rider can prevent plenty of serious health diseases that include heart attack, strokes, diabetes, arthritis, obesity, and even cancer. Overall, these low impact healthy habits can be good for all ages and you can achieve all the health benefits from cycling even you ride your cycle on park or grounds but what about riding on the hills of Europe.
But cycling on hill top and riding mountainswith your bike is not as easy as it is riding in the nearby park. A rider needs to achieve a superior level of fitness and energy for Cycling in the Pyrenees France. In the section below I will discuss the nutritional diet that will help you to win the level of energy so that you can ride on mountains.
Pro Cyclist's Food Habit:
Eat a healthy breakfast. Maintain this habit not for cycling only but for your daily life also. Consider eating those foods that consists slow burning carbs. For example, you can eat toast, cereal, porridge, honey, muesli, jam. Do not forget to include fruits in your diet. Consider eating mixed fruit juice or banana. After all, the source of vitamin into your body comes from fruits.
Load yourself with carbohydrates. Always remember one thing; your body can store glycogen for two hours only. Always carry energy bar while cycling and consider eating those after 30 to 45 minutes of interval. Also, carry and eat a banana. It will not only provide you calories, but also potassium or carbohydrates. A sandwich made of Peanut butter is also very effective in order to gain energy while riding. Also, consider drinking 8 ounces of water in every half an hour for avoiding dehydration.
Things to Consider in Your Diet:
Stay away from carbohydrate food such as refined flour or sugar. This type of carbs food offers very little nutritional value. Consider eating whole grain bread, pasta, rice, beans, vegetables, and fruits. These are considered as a very good source of carbs.
Cycling Diet FAQ:
In the section below I will answer few of the frequently asked questions regarding the cycling diets.
How Long After Eating You Should Get on to Your Bike?
Consider riding your bike after one to two hours of eating a heavy meal. You can ride a bike after 30 minutes of span if you have taken light snacks. Should You Eat before an Early Morning Ride?
The obvious answer to this question is yes. Try waking up 2 hours before you ride and consider eating or drinking a banana smoothie, omelet toast topper, Blueberry Bircher pots etc.
Conclusion:
So this is all for today. Hope following this diet will be helpful for you to achieve success. So what are you waiting for? Get set go for Cycling in Pyrenees or in other hill stations in Europe.
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