nutrition

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Eat steak the night before a ride! Power baby! Then have a Ross smoothie the morning of.

 

Thats how I do it. Or else just eat 52 dumplings

 

Does that smoothIe have an in line battery. :lol:

 

Wake and bake and a home made smoothie. I guess you could call it a smooth smoothie.

My smoothie recipe contains bananas, strawberries or apples, oj, yogurt, protein powder, olive oil, and a spoonful of honey . No more burping up breakfast for me. It gives me a lot if energy but I still try to eat every 40 min or so out on the trail.

 

lol bet your stomach looked like a basketball! :shock:

 

Ross,
can you give more details on amounts for your smoothie? How far before a ride do you consume this?

All,
What do you eat that works for you before a big ride? How far before your ride do you eat it?
What do you eat while on the trail and at what intervals?

 

I use a large blender that can hold 72 oz. I usually add about 3 bananas, strawberries depends on size, olive oil-more than you would think but not too much, a long squirt of honey, and exactly 5 scoops of protein powder. Add a liberal amount of yogurt and top it off with the OJ. I put it inot 16 oz containers and make about 4 at a time. How's that for exact measurements?
Drink one on my way to the ride, usually about 30-40 mins before.
I also set a timer on my Garmin to go off every 40 minutes. I then will eat at least a bite or two of a clif bar or the like. I save Gu for the last hour(s) of any ride.

 

Ross, thanks for the Garmin info on the timer, I didn't no it had one? If mine has one I will definetly use it!

 

Let's have a contest and see if anyone can guess what that statement means:
1) Teaspoon
2) Tablespoon
3) 1 Cup
4) 1 Quart
5) 1 Gallon
6) Do I need a large Truck
7) Do I need to own an Orchard
8) Do I need to own a small Country

 

Yes.

 

:|

 

My wife keeps the olive oil in a squirt bottle. I pump it and squeeze it and keep squirting till she says stop. :lol:
How's that for a measurement?
Just stuff a bunch of stuff in the blender and add liquid/yogurt to get the consistency you want. I ain't breaking out the scale and graduated cylinders to make a smoothie.

 

Ohhhhhhhhhkay....

So! Does anybody else have a pre-ride fuel that works for them?
We already know about Hill^billy's Superbowl of Cereal...

 

Coffee and a sesame bagel. Anything else messes up my stomach.

 

Pot of coffee, banana, and an everything bagel with light cream cheese and Canadian bacon. If I drank the night before then a couple of BJ''s (breakfast Jacks) or grilled breakfast sandwich from Jack-n-Crack.