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Recovery Drinks
In endurance sports
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Muscle Cramps and Magnesium
Facts and tips
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ACTIVATOR During Competition
Recommendations for athletes
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Triathlon nutrition for a middle distance
By pro triathlete Ruedi Wild
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Mountainbike Marathon
Nutrition tips
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Energy supply during endurance competitions
Central performance factors
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Protein in Recovery
What is the optimal intake?
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Protein Tips
For endurance athletes
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Indoor endurance training
Nutritional recommendations
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Nutrition Cross-Country Skiing
Tips for training and competition
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Effects of Caffeine
Position stand of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
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Caffeine genotyping
Caffeine used properly
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Pre Race Nutrition
By pro athlete Ruedi Wild
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Avoiding muscle cramps
Best tips for athletes
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Nutrition ultra-running
Self-supported
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Marathon nutrition
Tips for athletes
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Ironman Nutrition
by Samuel Hürzeler
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Long Distance Nutrition
The 3 key performance factors
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Jungfrau-Marathon
Race nutrition
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Triathlon nutrition
Do's & Don'ts
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Electrolytes
In sports nutrition
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COMPETITION COOL MINT
Refreshingly powerful
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BCAA
Background knowledge
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Fluid Requirements
During physical activity
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Sport Drinks
In comparison
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Nutrition in training camps
By pro triathlete Ruedi Wild
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Creatine in endurance sports
Improves performance in sprints and final spurts
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Protein knowledge
For athletes
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Carbohydrate Ingestion
Early is better
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L-Carnitine Loading
For increased fat oxidation
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Bars
In comparison
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Fluid Loss in Sports
Determine your individual sweat rate
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Salt in Sports Drinks
Useful or useless?
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Alkaline Minerals
Improve physical performance
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Caffeine in Endurance Sports
Scientific evidence
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LIQUID ENERGY GELS
In comparison
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Caffeine in Sports
Dosage recommendations
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Protein Powders in Comparison
An overview
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Drinking after energy gels
Training and competition
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Peripheral blood flow
Crucial for the oxygen supply
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Water & Rehydration
Beware of pure water
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Fat metabolism
Ultra endurance
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Nutrition Tips Swiss Epic
Basic rules for athletes
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Recovery for Cyclists
Tips for multi-stage events
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Regeneration Swiss Epic
Nutrition tips for multi-stage events
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Competition & Ultra Competition
What are the differences?
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L-Carnitine Loading
Improves endurance, reduces lactate
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Testimonial COMPETITION COOL MINT
By pro triathlete Jan van Berkel
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Race nutrition by N1NO
Nino Schurter's nutrition at Cape Epic
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Optimizing Fat Metabolism
L-Carnitine Loading (in German)
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Recovery Drinks
In endurance sports
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Muscle Cramps and Magnesium
Facts and tips
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ACTIVATOR During Competition
Recommendations for athletes
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Triathlon nutrition for a middle distance
By pro triathlete Ruedi Wild
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Mountainbike Marathon
Nutrition tips
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Energy supply during endurance competitions
Central performance factors
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Protein in Recovery
What is the optimal intake?
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Protein Tips
For endurance athletes
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Indoor endurance training
Nutritional recommendations
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Nutrition Cross-Country Skiing
Tips for training and competition
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Effects of Caffeine
Position stand of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
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Caffeine genotyping
Caffeine used properly
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Pre Race Nutrition
By pro athlete Ruedi Wild
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Avoiding muscle cramps
Best tips for athletes
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Nutrition ultra-running
Self-supported
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Marathon nutrition
Tips for athletes
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Ironman Nutrition
by Samuel Hürzeler
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Long Distance Nutrition
The 3 key performance factors
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Jungfrau-Marathon
Race nutrition
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Triathlon nutrition
Do's & Don'ts
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Electrolytes
In sports nutrition
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COMPETITION COOL MINT
Refreshingly powerful
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BCAA
Background knowledge
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Fluid Requirements
During physical activity
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Sport Drinks
In comparison
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Nutrition in training camps
By pro triathlete Ruedi Wild
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Creatine in endurance sports
Improves performance in sprints and final spurts
Go to article >
Protein knowledge
For athletes
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Carbohydrate Ingestion
Early is better
Go to article >
L-Carnitine Loading
For increased fat oxidation
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Bars
In comparison
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Fluid Loss in Sports
Determine your individual sweat rate
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Salt in Sports Drinks
Useful or useless?
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Alkaline Minerals
Improve physical performance
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Caffeine in Endurance Sports
Scientific evidence
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LIQUID ENERGY GELS
In comparison
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Caffeine in Sports
Dosage recommendations
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Protein Powders in Comparison
An overview
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Drinking after energy gels
Training and competition
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Peripheral blood flow
Crucial for the oxygen supply
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Water & Rehydration
Beware of pure water
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Fat metabolism
Ultra endurance
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Nutrition Tips Swiss Epic
Basic rules for athletes
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Recovery for Cyclists
Tips for multi-stage events
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Regeneration Swiss Epic
Nutrition tips for multi-stage events
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Competition & Ultra Competition
What are the differences?
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L-Carnitine Loading
Improves endurance, reduces lactate
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Testimonial COMPETITION COOL MINT
By pro triathlete Jan van Berkel
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Race nutrition by N1NO
Nino Schurter's nutrition at Cape Epic
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Optimizing Fat Metabolism
L-Carnitine Loading (in German)
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Choose your performance concept
Introduction to sports nutrition in endurance sports
Endurance is the ability to sustain a certain intensity (e.g., running speed) over a longer period of time and to recover as soon as possible. Endurance training allows you to make better use of the available energy sources and enables a higher intensity from the start. Apart from a well-trained endurance, other factors such as strength, speed, coordination and agility also influence performance. The extent to which these skills are required and trained depends on the type of sport. Long-distance running, cycling, cross-country skiing, triathlon and long course swimming are typical endurance sports.
Performance strongly depends on aerobic metabolism which is closely connected to carbohydrate metabolism. Anaerobic metabolism is required for short high-intensity exercise (change of pace, incline, short bursts, final sprint) and often results in lactic acid build-up in the muscles which limits performance. For long-lasting exercise, fat metabolism gains in importance.
Fatigue in long-term endurance is mainly the result of the depletion of carbohydrate stores.
Important requirements for long-term endurance athletes are a well-trained aerobic capacity, a high economy of motion in order to save energy, full energy reserves (muscle and liver glycogen) and to handle switches from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism during changes in intensity.