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Andy Blow on Hydration and Nutrition
Episode 116

Andy Blow on Hydration and Nutrition

Endurance Innovation

August 5, 20211h 4m

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Show Notes

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  • 4:30 the PH ‘3 levers’ concept
  • 6:30 1st lever - water
    • Optimal intake depends on many variables: personal sweat rate, intensity, weather conditions, event duration
    • Some net fluid loss during training is to be expected and is normal / desirable 
    • Typical intake ceiling is ~1,000mL/hr, but exceptions are common with folks able to drink and tolerate more fluid, but this likely needs to be trained
    • How to measure sweat rate
    • Do bigger athletes sweat more?
    • Role of event duration on sweat rate
    • The value of experience and listening to the body
    • What is a reasonable frequency of urination on the bike?
    • How to raise the max consumption ceiling beyond 1000mL
  • 31:00 2nd lever - sodium
    • Very wide range of ideal sodium supplementation due to variability in both sweat rate and sodium concentration in that sweat
    • Sodium concentration in sweat varies greatly from 250mg/L to over 1800mg/L
    • The resultant danger of hyponatremia
    • Sweat concentration testing: PH lab test or online questionnaire
    • How does knowing your sweat sodium concentration help you design your hydration strategy?
    • Sodium preloading strategies
  • 48:00 3rd lever - carbohydrates
    • The value of decoupling CHO from fluid intake
    • PH Carb Calculator is a useful resource
    • Front-load your race nutrition while on the bike
    • The PH approach to carb fueling
    • Recording what you did and what works is valuable

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Topics

hydrationtriathlonendurance sportsodiumnutrition