All of Coach Levi’s advice.
Whenever I first started running more than a couple miles at a time, the question of “how do I carry food and water with me?” really boggled my mind. I no longer had the luxury of a cycling jersey with pockets in the back, a backpack would be way too big, and I sure didn’t want to carry water bottles in my hands! But I didn’t want to die of dehydration, either…
Continue reading →I’ve always liked the idea behind Accelerade. It’s a sports drink, so it’s high in carbs for energy and packed with electrolytes we need, but it has something special – a little protein. Sports drinks with both carbohydrates and protein have been shown to improve performance, so let’s check this out…
Continue reading →I’ll admit, I’ve hopped on the social networking bandwagon. I’ve been on Myspace and Facebook for years. But after a few days, tons of spam messages and software glitches, and a lot of idiots, the whole thing gets old. But could a social network for fitness enthusiasts change all that?
Continue reading →The SoLo energy bar is yet another energy bar to stock the shelves in the growing sports nutrition aisle – but it has a few key improvements in its formulation that could see it come out on top. Read my review to learn more about this low-glycemic energy bar that tastes great…
Continue reading →In the sea of lesser-known flavored waters, a company needs a good hook to get me to buy. Or, I could just happen to find large cases of them on clearance sale, prompting me to buy. That was the case with iQ H2O, a flavored water with added vitamins.
Continue reading →Honest Tea doesn’t really stand out on the convenience store shelves, which are cluttered with jumbo-size Rockstar and Monster energy drinks, plus a few juice drinks in bright, colorful bottles that are more sugar than anything else. But Honest Tea does stand out once you compare ingredients. It is one of the few drinks out there that has health benefits and contains a minimal amount of sugar.
Continue reading →It wasn’t long ago when I first reviewed the FRS Antioxidant Health Chews. I tested out the lemon lime flavor, which is pretty commonplace in the sports drink world. That’s fine with me, but when something new and exotic comes along, I can’t resist trying it. That just so happened right here – FRS launched a new pomegranate blueberry flavor of their energy chews.
Continue reading →There is a notoriously big problem on hard rides in hot weather – cramping! When you’re sweating more and riding harder than usual, you have to get more electrolytes. Sometimes sports drinks aren’t enough for endurance races in 100 degree heat. That’s why Hammer Nutrition brings us Endurolytes, a capsule filled with electrolyte powder.
Continue reading →If there is one sports drink company that stands out from the rest, it would have to be Hammer Nutrition. They pride themselves on (and aggressively sell) the fact that they use healthy, high-performance ingredients in all their products. But do the great ingredients in HEED lead to spectacular performance? Let’s see…
Continue reading →The days are hot, you sweat, and the sweat drips into your eyes. It stings your eyes and smears on your glasses. Helmet pads just aren’t enough to soak up all the sweat. You can’t stop sweating, but you can keep the sweat out of your eyes. Here’s how…
Continue reading →I absolutely hate sweat running down into my eyes. First, it stings. Second, it destroys my contacts. Third, it creates nasty streaks on my sunglasses which impair my vision. So I have purchased multiple headbands and skull caps to conquer this problem, and one of my favorites is the SweatVac Ventilator cap…
Continue reading →As soon as I started riding seriously, one of the first cycling specific pieces of gear I purchased was this Headsweats coolmax skull cap. That’s because I quickly realized how much sweat pours down my face, which sucks, so I had to do something about it.
Continue reading →August is here and that means back to school for all collegiate racers. Still need the perfect poster for your dorm room? I have found it!
Continue reading →With my beloved Bontrager saddle starting to wear thin, it was time to part with some serious cash to find something new that fit my needs (and my sit bones.) Having used numerous WTB saddles on my mountain bikes with great success, I thought the minimalist WTB Shadow V Stealth might be a good idea for my road bike…
Continue reading →Whenever I get a new air pump, or borrow someone’s, the built-in gauge is never the same. Sometimes it is close, but when I got a pump that read 20 psi when my tires were rock solid, I knew I needed more consistent readings! So I purchased the Planet Bike Airmate…
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