Race nutrition and hydration - current best practices with Andy Blow | EP#293

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Andy Blow, founder of Precision Hydration, returns to the podcast to discuss current best practices in race nutrition and hydration. Andy has a first-row seat to see what some of the best professional athletes in the world are doing, and shares the common patterns and potential differences, as well as how things might or might not differ for amateur athletes. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Andy's and Precision Hydration's work with pro triathletes and other endurance athletes -What are the common patterns and trends across these top athletes, and what are the differences? -Getting down to the specifics: what formats of carbohydrate are they typically consuming -Logistics: what nutrition and hydration to carry with you, and how to carry it? -Should you be completely self-sufficient or also rely on aid stations -The case for going really high (90+ g/h) on carbohydrates in race nutrition, and training your gut to be able to do that -Hydrogels, and what the science currently says about how they work SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts293/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free. ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Andy's Twitter Precision Hydration's website, Instagram, and Twitter How much carbohydrate do athletes need per hour? - article by Andy Does the type of carb in your energy products really matter? - article by Precision Hydration Can athletes consume MORE than 90g of carb per hour? - article by Precision Hydration Can you train your gut to optimise your fueling strategy? - article by Precision Hydration Quick Carb Calculator Book a free consultation with Precision Hydration Gordo Byrn's blog RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	The Traathlon Show, 293.
0:05.0	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show.
0:23.4	The podcast presented by ScientificTraflon.com.
0:27.4	I'm our host Michael and on today's episode, I interview Andy Blow.
0:30.9	Andy is the founder of precision hydration and as a long time listeners will know,
0:35.7	he has been a guest on the podcast several times before.
0:39.1	And he's back now for an update on similar topics as we have discussed previously,
0:43.6	namely hydration and nutrition, and in particular for racing.
0:48.1	But a new angle that we take in this interview is the work that Andy and precision hydration
0:53.0	have done with pro athletes
0:55.1	in helping them, consulting with them, and getting to see all their data before and after
1:00.6	the race in terms of what their race nutrition plan was and race hydration plan was and
1:06.5	then what the actual execution was.
1:08.9	And we start the interview by, from that perspective, discovering what are the current
1:13.6	best practices used by some of the fastest athletes in the sport of triathlon and outside
1:18.5	of triathlon as well for that matter.
1:20.8	But before we get into the interview with Andy, big thanks to our sponsors.
1:24.4	And the precision hydration is one of the sponsors of this episode.
1:27.9	For very long time, listeners, you'll know that precision hydration was the first sponsor
1:31.5	that came on board with that triathlon show.
1:33.9	So huge thank you to them for sticking with the podcast for so long.
1:39.1	It's really fantastic to have such a great long-term relationship.
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