Originally Posted by
Jughed
Yep, that was his name.
Watching Froomie in the background right now - they train to take 100gms per hour, so they are subjecting themselves to this situation often. Race days, training days - probably for the better part of the year.
Like others have said, these guys can burn more that we can, require more & can process more. The avg joe will just be bloated with extra blood sugar and heavy insulin response. For some of us, that = bad outcome.
lol...I rode across North Carolina a couple years ago...it was the Cycle NC event...I stopped at all the rest stops, ate the bananas, drank the gatroade and snacked on the pb and j's...gained about 5# by the end of the week...