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10
Bicycle-Training Myths
Bicycle Training
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Training Myths (Introduction)
Here are 10 common bicycle training ”facts” that are often fiction.
1. Don’t
eat for two hours before you exercise.
Just the opposite.
Exercise demands food to fuel the body. Tour de France riders average 750
calories per hour while riding.
Sure, if you are racing intensely on the track or a
short criterium you won’t eat just before your event. And yes, fats slow your
gut, so you’ll want to avoid heavy meals just before hard exercise. Otherwise,
you need calories before, during, and soon after riding.
2. Salt is bad for you.
Well, yes and no.
If you are salt sensitive and develop high blood
pressure, too much salt can be bad for you. But if you are an endurance rider in
the heat and humidity, you need salt.
More athletes are admitted to hospital emergency
rooms for hyponatremia (lack of blood sodium) than for dehydration and
hyperthermia (overheating) combined.
3. If your urine is clear, you’re hydrated.
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