Originally Posted by
mvnsnd
For weekend warrior athletes training two to three times per week, following a normal daily nutrition plan with no special additions is sufficient for optimal recovery before the next training session.
She also mentions sleep.
It does seem to get down to how many kJoules per week are we talking. I have done 1,000 mile weeks many, many times. You cannot eat or process enough food for that. OTOH, my typical ride now is 2-3 hours with 2500 feet of climbing 5 times per week and a normal diet is more than sufficient. No special insulin spiking sugary drinks are necessary post ride. But, at some level of load, you cannot replace your glycogen and anything you can do to help offset that deficit is helpful. Unfortunately, it is not possible to know the context of everyone's N = 1