trainer training and food
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trainer training and food
Since the season is comin to an end, i will be on the trainer a little more..I do ride all year round but its hard to get a good training ride when there is inches of snow..so during the winter months i just take casual 10-15mile rides and train on the trainer...now i have at times been on the trainer for 5+ hours (i cringe of thinking of that) but my question is, do you eat food or gels while on trainer? I know if you bonk or whatever u can just go lay on the couch but wont it hurt your training?
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Food or gels on the trainer???
First, gels are only for emergency backup situations ... where you might be 10 kms or more from the nearest food and need a little something to get you there. When you're on the trainer, you are not likely 10 kms or more from food.
Second, how long are you planning to be on the trainer? If you're only planning to be on the trainer for less than 2 hours, just eat something before you get on the trainer ... and ride. If you're planning to be on the trainer more than 2 hours, eat something before you get on the trainer, then at the 2 hour point hop off and get something else to eat, and then keep riding.
First, gels are only for emergency backup situations ... where you might be 10 kms or more from the nearest food and need a little something to get you there. When you're on the trainer, you are not likely 10 kms or more from food.
Second, how long are you planning to be on the trainer? If you're only planning to be on the trainer for less than 2 hours, just eat something before you get on the trainer ... and ride. If you're planning to be on the trainer more than 2 hours, eat something before you get on the trainer, then at the 2 hour point hop off and get something else to eat, and then keep riding.
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I usually end the warm season with a lot of unused gels and bars. They all have expiry dates. So I eat/drink my money foods while I ride the trainer. Easy to experiment with how you feel, easy to make notes, and no penalty for something bad happening like downing three gels in 10 seconds and getting stomach cramps. But if you learn that you can down two gels in 10 seconds and be okay, that's knowledge for next spring.
Also, if you bonk, you can experiment as well. See how long it takes to get any strength back, etc.
5 hours is long. I've only done that once. But I think that it'll be more common, these long rides. Well, 2-3 hours, that's not too bad. 5 is long. lol.
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Also, if you bonk, you can experiment as well. See how long it takes to get any strength back, etc.
5 hours is long. I've only done that once. But I think that it'll be more common, these long rides. Well, 2-3 hours, that's not too bad. 5 is long. lol.
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I dont think i've ever ridden long enough on a trainer or rollers that i've needed to eat.
I have done a couple of 2+ hour roller rides on a rainy weekends when i couldnt get out on the road. In those cases I always took 5 min break every 1/2 hr or so. I had no agenda other than endurance/fat burning in which case the point is to go as long as possible on fat stores.
But I do that on the road too if I know its a Zone 2-3 ride.
My rollers and weights are in the basement with the beer fridge and I cant honestly say i've ever just started drinking beer while working out either.
I may try that this winter. Drunken roller riding. Hmmmm.
I have done a couple of 2+ hour roller rides on a rainy weekends when i couldnt get out on the road. In those cases I always took 5 min break every 1/2 hr or so. I had no agenda other than endurance/fat burning in which case the point is to go as long as possible on fat stores.
But I do that on the road too if I know its a Zone 2-3 ride.
My rollers and weights are in the basement with the beer fridge and I cant honestly say i've ever just started drinking beer while working out either.
I may try that this winter. Drunken roller riding. Hmmmm.
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Food or gels on the trainer???
First, gels are only for emergency backup situations ... where you might be 10 kms or more from the nearest food and need a little something to get you there. When you're on the trainer, you are not likely 10 kms or more from food.
Second, how long are you planning to be on the trainer? If you're only planning to be on the trainer for less than 2 hours, just eat something before you get on the trainer ... and ride. If you're planning to be on the trainer more than 2 hours, eat something before you get on the trainer, then at the 2 hour point hop off and get something else to eat, and then keep riding.
First, gels are only for emergency backup situations ... where you might be 10 kms or more from the nearest food and need a little something to get you there. When you're on the trainer, you are not likely 10 kms or more from food.
Second, how long are you planning to be on the trainer? If you're only planning to be on the trainer for less than 2 hours, just eat something before you get on the trainer ... and ride. If you're planning to be on the trainer more than 2 hours, eat something before you get on the trainer, then at the 2 hour point hop off and get something else to eat, and then keep riding.
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5 hours on the trainer?
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Maybe I need to HTFU because I'm never on the trainer for more than an hour, so eating isn't an issue.
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Good God, I can't even stand 45 minutes on a trainer, let alone 5+ hours!
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most of my trainer sessions are under two hours and are typically of the SST variety which F' me up pretty good.
I respond well to some food starting at 30-40' in. If i take a gel (or a big swig of carb drink) after the first 30' of a 2x30 SST session, i seem to feel a nice surge of energy for the second 30' interval. Placebo? ...dont think so...
I also like fruit or some of my maltodexterin/whey protein mix.
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I respond well to some food starting at 30-40' in. If i take a gel (or a big swig of carb drink) after the first 30' of a 2x30 SST session, i seem to feel a nice surge of energy for the second 30' interval. Placebo? ...dont think so...
I also like fruit or some of my maltodexterin/whey protein mix.
-L