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On the last real day at the Tour de France, the 40KM time trial looks grueling.
Time Trials are where the teams spend crazy amounts of money on equipment and human performance boosters.
Unlike regular stages, where luck always plays a part. The time trial is pure performance, and anything that can provide a 1% boost is a massive advantage.
Here is the inside scoop of what many teams and Tour Riders we supplied at this year’s Tour will be doing.
Steal these ideas before your next hard workout:
1) Pre-Race Meal: Kyoku
2) 1 hour Before, take SwissRX Nitric Oxide
3) Warm Up and Cool your core with CoolMitt
4) 30 Minutes Before: Lather on the Amp PR Lotion
5) At the Start: Prevent Cramping with HotShot
Breakfast / Pre-Race Meal (3 hours to start)
Breakfast is a bit different from a time trial for a few reasons. First, you need to time a pre-race meal at least 3 hours before the start, which can be challenging if you are in the top 10 and starting later in the afternoon.
One of the ideal products for a pre-race meal is the Kyoku Breakfast shake. It provides 3 to 5 hours of sustained energy, but is also very easy to digest and is powered by 16 superfoods.
Nitric Oxide Boost (1 hour to start)
Nitric Oxide Boosters (aka NO) is undoubtedly one of the Tour’s most effective (legal) performance boosters. The science that supports Nitric Oxide is clear.
By boosting Nitric Oxide levels, you dilate your arteries and increase the flow of oxygen-rich red blood to your working muscles. The result: increased endurance and faster recovery after hard efforts on climbs.
When you try it in your training, you will notice a subtle ability to push harder and longer at your threshold and a faster recovery time after strenuous efforts.
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Cooling their Core Body Temperature (Warm-up Before Start)
You will see countless riders wearing ice vests during the warm-up. I promise you next year, most teams will ditch the ice vest for CoolMitt as it is much more effective at cooling your core body temperature fast.
EF Pro Cycling and a handful of top riders are secretly using the CoolMitt this year. CoolMitt is a portable, easy-to-use system that leverages the palms of the hands to dump heat – cooling the blood and rapidly reducing the core temperature from the inside out.
Why wear a “mitt”? The CoolMitt is a glove-like mitt that you slide onto one of your hands. Your palms act like radiators for the body – CoolMitt pulls the heat from your blood and returns colder blood to your heart.
Riders will use it during the trainer’s warm-up period, enabling them to keep their body’s internal temperature down while warming their legs for the TT.
Then, they’ll use it for 5 min post-warm-up to shed excess heat and cool down before go-time. There is over a 1-year waitlist for CoolMitt, but we got 30 at the start of the Tour. There are only five remaining. If you are interested, order today.
Rub on Performance Lotion (30 minutes before)
PR Lotion is a favorite of many riders, including Geraint Thomas, who swears by it. Sodium BiCarb is an unquestionable performance booster, as it helps buffer lactic acid build-up.
Amp Human PR Lotion is a topical version of Sodium BiCarb, one of the most effective lactate buffering agents when you used orally, but it many riders get sick to their stomach. Not with Amp PR Lotion that is a topical and your rub it on. Riders will apply this about 30 mins before the start of their TT, since it takes around 30 mins for total absorption anyway.
Pro tip: use rubber gloves or a zip lock bag as a glove to apply it.
Avoiding Cramps before they happen.
Cramps can hit anyone, but if you just road three weeks around France and are about to make an all-out effort, your risk of cramping is very high. While we are still learning about muscle cramps, we know HOTSHOT works on the spot.
It utilizes a spicy cocktail to overwhelm and activate the sensory nerves in your mouth and esophagus. These nerves send a calming signal to the hyperactive nerves that cause cramps and soreness.
Pros will use HOTSHOT on big, hot mountain stages at the Tour – taking it at the first sign of cramps. Also, on a TT day, it can be used preemptively to take the edge off of the intensity to come.
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