Luiz (& others),
I'll get back to you later today when I'm back online as I'm out of the office today (didn't want you to think I'm avoiding the questions....just not going to be online for most of the day).
The long & short answer to your question is Jordan's electrolyte intake is through the roof, arguably the highest I have ever seen. Even athletes w/ ridiculously high sweat rates or quantified high electrolyte loss, generally have an intake roughly 1/2 of his (w/ regards to Jordan's 2g /hr intake on the run). With that....please re-read one of the 1st lines in this report: "if it's not broken, don't fix it." Jordan is not a guy who does things haphazardly & his intake strategy is a direct result of MUCH trial & error & not simply a suggestion made by me or anyone else. He's experimented w/ very high & very low intake strategies & settled in on these targets for 1 reason - it's what works for HIM. This hardly means that to have success at the 1/2 or IM distance you need to replicate this EXACT strategy.
For example, we posted the nutritional report of Matias Palavecino from the RI 70.3 where he went 4:04 (posted here). You'll notice he had a FANTASTIC race at just 439mg of sodium per hour. It doesn't make one stratey right or wrong, just individual to that athlete.
I'm sure Jordan will check into this thread at some point & I'll be back online later to field any other Q's.
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Brian Shea
http://www.PersonalBestNutrition.com
Open-Water/Masters Swimming at the Jersey Shore:
Monmouth County NJ Ocean Swim/Masters Workouts
I'll get back to you later today when I'm back online as I'm out of the office today (didn't want you to think I'm avoiding the questions....just not going to be online for most of the day).
The long & short answer to your question is Jordan's electrolyte intake is through the roof, arguably the highest I have ever seen. Even athletes w/ ridiculously high sweat rates or quantified high electrolyte loss, generally have an intake roughly 1/2 of his (w/ regards to Jordan's 2g /hr intake on the run). With that....please re-read one of the 1st lines in this report: "if it's not broken, don't fix it." Jordan is not a guy who does things haphazardly & his intake strategy is a direct result of MUCH trial & error & not simply a suggestion made by me or anyone else. He's experimented w/ very high & very low intake strategies & settled in on these targets for 1 reason - it's what works for HIM. This hardly means that to have success at the 1/2 or IM distance you need to replicate this EXACT strategy.
For example, we posted the nutritional report of Matias Palavecino from the RI 70.3 where he went 4:04 (posted here). You'll notice he had a FANTASTIC race at just 439mg of sodium per hour. It doesn't make one stratey right or wrong, just individual to that athlete.
I'm sure Jordan will check into this thread at some point & I'll be back online later to field any other Q's.
---
Brian Shea
http://www.PersonalBestNutrition.com
Open-Water/Masters Swimming at the Jersey Shore:
Monmouth County NJ Ocean Swim/Masters Workouts