The 33Fuel Blog
Carbohydrate for endurance athletesAh, the good old carbohydrate. Once the beloved friend of the endurance athlete and nutritionist alike, carbohydrates really aren't all they're cracked up to be when going long, fast and efficient is your goal and the subject of carbohydrates for endurance athletes is long overdue a massive rethink.The biggest performance-sapping culprits are [...]
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Young, fast and fearlessA prodigious young running talent with disarming modesty that belies his fearsome competitive streak, at just 22 Robbie Simpson is already making a serious mark on the international mountain running scene where he's represented Scotland and GB since he was 15. With a passion for the mountains and a monstrous turn of [...]
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Our Chia Energy Gel is here! After months and months of testing, trialing, recipe finessing and sheer bloody hard graft, we at 33Fuel are utterly stoked to release our brand new Chia Energy Gel.Packing a mighty punch from whole, unprocessed chia seeds for clean-burning, sustained energy this gel is like nothing you've ever tried before. [...]
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A deep dive on protein and athletes: best sources, when to take it, how often and much moreAfter our recent post about why protein shakes suck, we had so many great questions about whether protein powders were necessary, which were best, if real food could be a viable substitute for athletes and whether concepts like [...]
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Mark Cavendish sprint training: welcome to a masterclass with the fastest man on two wheelsIn tandem with our post on fast descending with Mark Cavendish, here the world's fastest sprinter delivers pearls of wisdom on how to put some fire into your own sprint.The most enlightening thing when asking him to explain sprint technique was how [...]
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