
S3 E19: The Science of Nutrition in Sport
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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How to Measure Calories for Cycling Tours
When working with professional cyclists, how do they measure? They obviously have to measure very closely how much expenditure there is per day and make sure they feel just enough so that there's no excess weight at any point during a tour or anything like that. Is it just a case of putting somebody on a scale at the start of a, of the weekend having a baseline from there? Yeah, I mean, my calling James has done most of the working cycle and I stick to sports where people punch each other a bit more likely than cycling.
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