Cyclists sniffing salts

[Grass Muncher]

Its the second time Ive seen a cyclist sniff ammonia salt before a workout. I was in virgin active and I saw a young guy sniffing it while he was on the wattbike and a 16 year while he was doing intervals on the road. 

It is said that you breath faster and that it triggers the release of adrenaline. 

Is this use of salts normal under cyclists? 

I cant find any info on google that says the  pros use it. 

Whats your thoughts on this? 

 

[DIPSLICK]

I know cyclists  in brakpan and bloem who sniff glue, never heard of the salt angle

[Jbr]

never seen any of that...

[Jewbacca]

You sure it's not something else?

 

[Steady Spin]

[stefmeister]

Damn kids still snorting bath salt.

[Furbz]

Is this amateur hour?

I find sniffing ground chilli flakes to really get the juices flowing

[ACE Cycles]

9 hours ago, Grass Muncher said:

Its the second time Ive seen a cyclist sniff ammonia salt before a workout. I was in virgin active and I saw a young guy sniffing it while he was on the wattbike and a 16 year while he was doing intervals on the road. 

It is said that you breath faster and that it triggers the release of adrenaline. 

Is this use of salts normal under cyclists? 

I cant find any info on google that says the  pros use it. 

Whats your thoughts on this? 

 

Sniffing ammonia salt?! What grass have you been munching? Asking purely for research purposes 

[MTBeer]

my mates on a Saturday morning ride sniff worse stuff than salts when I've had a vindaloo the night before. You should check their speed after a wiff ....

[TheoG]

9 hours ago, Grass Muncher said:

Its the second time Ive seen a cyclist sniff ammonia salt before a workout. I was in virgin active and I saw a young guy sniffing it while he was on the wattbike and a 16 year while he was doing intervals on the road. 

It is said that you breath faster and that it triggers the release of adrenaline. 

Is this use of salts normal under cyclists? 

I cant find any info on google that says the  pros use it. 

Whats your thoughts on this? 

 

I think this is what you referring to.  We used to use this (not for cycling though), it does "wake you up" and get more air and hence oxygen into your lungs to recover faster or to be ready for a maximal effort.

[dave303e]

probably get better results dropping a caffeine tablet pre workout...

[TheoG]

20 minutes ago, dave303e said:

probably get better results dropping a caffeine tablet pre workout...

Probably, but that's not the purpose of "vlugsout", and believe me for the intended purpose, it works.

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlugsout

Edit:  The purpose is "to wake you up" and recover faster.  Its not going to give energy or make you ride your bike faster.

Edited September 22, 2021 by TheoG

[Mook]

11 minutes ago, TheoG said:

Probably, but that's not the purpose of "vlugsout", and believe me for the intended purpose, it works.

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlugsout

Mate of mine was a-salted the other day ????

AND he was much slower afterwards ..........................

[stefmeister]

32 minutes ago, MTBeer said:

my mates on a Saturday morning ride sniff worse stuff than salts when I've had a vindaloo the night before. You should check their speed after a wiff ....

You trust a fart after a good vindaloo?

[RobertWhitehead]

It just sounds sore to me, I mean just imagine the burn. That would explain why you could go faster ????

[fanievb]

2 hours ago, DIPSLICK said:

I know a cyclist s  in brakpan and  in bloem who sniff glue, never heard of the salt angle

fixed that for you ????