Low GI Energy drinks...

[chucky]

Mid December I was probably as cycling fit as I've ever been. Family commitments, plus not being 100% well around then meant that my training stopped on the 15th.

 

So, on the 28th, feeling full of Christmas Pud etc, I figured "Well, I've had two weeks of solid taper, and a week of solid carbo loading - let's go and smash out a pb at Suikerbosrand..."

 

So...

 

I loaded up with low GI go-juice and headed out.

 

At Sedaven Dam I was about 10mins up on my normal time. Coming across the Western entrance road I was still about 10 mins up, but feeling not too full of energy. Coming over the ridges that lead down to the long stretch across the valley bottom before the big hill I was not coping so well. On the valley bottom I bonked so bad I nearly fell off my bike.

 

I dragged my sorry ass under a tree for half an hour or so to recover (as much as you can when you bonk) and then granny-geared to the bottom of the hill, walked up it (have NEVER walked on this hill) and shortcutted back down to the parking lot.

 

My suspicion is that low GI energy drinks cannot provide sufficient energy for long duration high intensity efforts.

 

Try Enervit,great range from drinks to gels to recovery drinks

 

Has anyone else found this?

 

(Yeah, yeah - I hear all the 'eat gels whadda whadda' but what I want to know is if other people find that low GI energy drinks are not sufficient to sustain long duration high intensity efforts on their own. Because 'old fashioned' high GI drinks can.)

 

PS: Note, I am a fan of the low GI idea, so not just trying to trash it for trashing sakes.

[SeaBee]

BTW, slightly off topic - but what's the diffs between 32GI and Biogen's low GI offering?

[davetapson]

Same energy source (isomaltulose), Biogen has a few added bits: l-glutamine, cinnamon extract and something else that I can't remember...

[Sharkie 2]

Have you tried 32Gi Accelerate yet, would love to hear your feedback ;-)

So the accelarate is still a low GI product just quicker release?

[MDW]

So the accelarate is still a low GI product just quicker release?

Nope Accelerate is high GI it gives an immediate release but we have been very clever in using a combination of specific carbs to stagger the release and slow the taper over 2 hours ;-) it is a bomb which does not implode great for high intensity racing :-)

[MDW]

Same energy source (isomaltulose), Biogen has a few added bits: l-glutamine, cinnamon extract and something else that I can't remember...

There is quite a different and unfortunately I cannot publicly state what and why but if u pm me I can give u the run down all

The best m