Nutrition for off-road cycling

Explore our lecture series on “Nutrition for off-road cycling” with Professor Asker Jeukendrup. In this 3-part series, Asker examines the practical nutrition strategies needed to support performance in off-road cycling disciplines such as mountain biking and gravel racing, where technical demands, terrain, race duration, and limited access to food and fluids can make fuelling far more challenging than in road cycling. Combining science with applied solutions, the series helps athletes, coaches, practitioners, and students understand both the physiological demands of off-road cycling and the practical realities of implementing an effective nutrition plan.

What we will cover:
    How do the nutrition demands of off-road cycling differ from those of road cycling?
    What are the best fuelling strategies for short versus longer off-road races?
    How should riders plan carbohydrate intake before and during off-road cycling?
    What practical solutions can help athletes eat and drink effectively?
    How can riders reduce the risk of hypoglycaemia, GI problems, and under-fuelling?
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Speakers

1

Number of lectures

3

Video time

90

Reading

3

Exams

1

Professor Asker Jeukendrup

Professor Asker Jeukendrup is one of the world’s leading sports nutritionists and exercise physiologist who spent most of his career as a professor at the University of Birmingham (UK) as Head of The Human Performance Laboratory. Currently he is a (visiting) professor at Loughborough University. He has authored 9 books and over 250 research papers and book chapters. During his career Asker has worked at the forefront of research as well as directly with athletes, including Olympic and World champions, Tour de France cyclists and Champions league football teams. 

After many years of working at Universities, Asker accepted a position as the Global Senior Director of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. At present he is the director of his own performance consulting business “Mysportscience”, and worked or works with a number of football clubs (including FC Barcelona, Chelsea, Red Bull Leipzig, Red Bull Saltzburg and PSV Eindhoven). He is head of performance nutrition of the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center, and Performance Manager of Nutrition for the Dutch Olympic team.
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