Is A Lack Of Salt Holding You Back In Cycling?

Описание: Remember when Conor started hallucinating during the Unbound gravel race? Or when Alex developed a rock salt factory on his back in Mallorca? Underhydrating is a common theme in the GCN crew, so we teamed up with ‪@precisionfandh‬ to delve into the science of hydration and how salt levels are key to cycling performance!

In association with 👉 ‪@precisionfandh‬

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00:00 Intro
02:05 Precision Fuel and Hydration Founder: Andy Blow
04:06 What does a sweat test show?
05:15 Why is sodium important for cycling?
08:28 Sweat analysis
08:59 How to book a sweat test
09:12 The sweat test results
12:22 How to combat exercise-induced salt losses
14:33 What happens if you have too much salt?

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