The 33Fuel Blog
Whey protein for endurance athletes - why whey is the worst choice when it comes to proteinWhen it comes to recovery and rebuilding after heavy sessions and races, whey protein is rubbish and about the last thing you want to put into your body short of deep fried Mars bars. While this contradicts almost everything [...]
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Food industry tricks #1The food industry is hijacking your best intentions. 'Low fat' foods are packed with sugar, 'diet' products are loaded with low rent sweeteners, and 'gluten-free' often means 'even worse lab experiment than the regular gluten version'. Trouble is, this same industry that consistently prioritises profit and spin over quality product or [...]
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You can spend a fortune on tri kit, but will it really make you faster? In the name of answering this thorny endurance performance dilemma, we hit the Blenheim tri course twice with the same age-grouper (33Fuel co-founder Warren). The only difference? The budget for kit. The first race was a pure no-frills affair with [...]
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Team 33Fuel ultramarathon and long distance triathlon, race calendarAt 33Fuel we love a bit of competition - the longer and tougher the better. It was our own ultramarathon and long distance triathlon adventures that taught us sports nutrition, as it stood, was garbage. After yet another 'stomach shutdown' in yet another race we'd had enough [...]
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A 170bhp superbike against zero bhp pushbike down the Tour de France’s most famous mountain, Alpe d'Huez. Could this even be a contest? Two bikes, two riders, one very large mountain. The race is onIn the high mountains, having already performed superhuman feats of endurance climbing monstrous summits, Tour de France riders do not stop for [...]
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