Jelly babies

Pasta the night before and in the morning if you can. Fruit is pretty good, bananas are high in potassium which helps prevent cramp.

On the water I take nut bars. Taste better and have more protein than muesli bars. Sports drinks are good. Most of the 'ades' are the same I reckon but I like he taste of Powerade. Havnt tried any of those sport gels but the cyclists seem to like them and the demands of a cycling race are not that different from a long paddle in average weather.

As aways after a big sess nothing beats Maccas. All that sugar is a good pick up.

These nuts might work

OG SUP said...

Thanks lobes,

Which nut bars do you recommend?

I cant do the maccas thing makes me feel ill lol.

Phill

Can't go past a snickers i reckon

Yep, I agree Lobes, the Be Natural Nut Bars are great!

My understanding is the whole low GI/high GI thing.

When I was competing, we'd load up on weetbix & fruit in the morning, then keep topped up with jelly babies or bread, honey & banana sangas.

Water! Before a session, if its hot, I pre-load on water .. try and get 300-500ml in me as the body will sweat it out -- I find that my concentration lasts heaps longer.

Phil - do you come in and drink water during these 4 hour sessions? I find after two hours my concentration starts to wander, and a good drink of water brings it back...

Gorgo said...
I think that unless you're a highly trained elite athlete then carbo loading doesn't do a lot for you.

Waddayamean? There are some photos on here of guys who look highly trained .. there exercise regimen include liquid carb loading the night before

Today on the Yarra..

DJ

laurie said...

Gorgo said...
I think that unless you're a highly trained elite athlete then carbo loading doesn't do a lot for you.

Waddayamean? There are some photos on here of guys who look highly trained .. there exercise regimen include liquid carb loading the night before

I rarely consider myself elite but I did play first grade and rep rugby for several seasons. I did all the stuff about body fat % and all the nutritional crap. As such I always tried to eat massive pasta meal the night before but when I did not do this I cant say a noticed a huge difference, though physiologically there probably was one. The thing that did make a noticeable difference was the powerade drinks. These allowed me to play almost 70 minutes before the body said enough and started to cramp up.

Its important to remember that these are not wonder foods that will magically empower you to perform above and beyond your best. Rather if you have the right types of eating and hydration then the idea is they will stop the decline in performance as you become exhausted from being so steep. Its a matter of managing dwindling energy supplies more so than magically reboosting your fuel tank off a few bites or a swig of this or that.

One Billion Indians go ok with no meat in their diet.

Mind you I cant remember the last Indian to win the tour de France.....

DavidJohn said...

Today on the Yarra..

What! That sandwich looks wholesome, you should have paddled closer to the casino - there is a Maccas there.

Lobes said...

One Billion Indians go ok with no meat in their diet.

Mind you I cant remember the last Indian to win the tour de France.....

In percentage terms there are very few Indian vegetarians. Except for a few veg provinces they all eat chicken and lamb and goat and anything else that is going.

Nepalese porters are awesomely fit and strong and some of them smoke and drink and eat goat during festivals.

It's kind of fun in festival season. Lots of nervous goats tied to the veranda in the morning. Lots of big steel bowls with goat bits sticking out in the afternoon. Lots of yummy goat curries in the evening. The next day old guys chopping up goat scraps with a mattock to make mince (I'd avoid the mince meat if I were you.)

For me hydration is the most important thing to keep me going. I try to drink 2 litres every day and when exercising (mainly mountain biking) I drink a minimum of .5 litre/hour and more if its hot while riding. I like the Mizone sports drinks best as they just dont seem as strong tasting and have a more sustained effect compared to the other ades. I drink it before during and straight after the ride.

If I'm going for a bigger ride say 2-4 hour duration I like bacon and egg rolls with BBQ sauce an hour or two before. I also like the Natural Confectionery company snakes/dinosaurs while I'm riding or jelly beans etc. Mid ride I might have a sandwich or a nut/muesli bar and a piece of fruit. Post ride is more water/mizone then it could be anything from a cold beer or a chocolate milk shake or if a very big /hard ride a protein drink and always more food.

I'm only new to SUPing but I cant see it requiring much different nutrition wise.

*3 hour session at Green Island, chocolate milkshake and a schnitzel burger
from the Cunjerong point general store
* another 2 hour session with the early nor easter offshore.
*Drive home and sleep 2 hours in the lounge on the verandah.
*Wake up and ride the pushy down to the pub at Husky.
* 3 schooners of black.
* Chuck the pushy in the courtesy bus, get a lift home.
*Hope one of the girls has cooked something
*and the day is over!
AHHH SOUTH COAST LIVIN'
Jack
(aka fat bastard)

I just purchased a bag of jelly babies today, Cost me $90

As i just pulled half a tooth off

Thought it was a bit crunchy