NightHawkHat wrote:
Does anyone know what's up with the CarboPro supply? Seems like it's been out of stock from the usual sources, Amazon, TheFeed, and even directly from CarboPro, for over a month. The CarboPro folks are silent about this on their site. Their social media accounts have been silent for about a year.
If it were just a pandemic supply-chain disruption, I would understand, but presumably then they'd post this explanation on their site and through their social media channels. Instead, they're silent. Its weird.
Does anyone who has relied on CarboPro for training/race nutrition in the past have recommendations for a suitable substitute?
Buy in bulk to save for sure. Or
sugar. Or like 4:1 sugar to malto. Or any other ratio of sugar to malto will be better than straight malto.
TLDR: Reconsider enriching retailers of cheap carbs with good marketing. They are, by and large, taking advantage of your lack of knowledge about how much food grade carbs cost to manufacture, compared to protein, which actually is expensive to manufacture and has much thinner profit margins.
Rationale dump:
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/...t=last-7417228#first https://forum.slowtwitch.com/...t=last-7444621#first Quick summary:
https://www.trainerroad.com/...8?u=dr_alex_harrison 1:1 Glucose:Fructose Ratio Works better than 2:1.
https://www.trainerroad.com/...n-a-bottle/30328/200 90-150 grams of carbs per hour during exercise may be beneficial. 90 is not the limit.
https://www.trainerroad.com/...should-you/33210/583 Sucrose works as well as maltodextrin:fructose, and glucose:fructose 1:1 mixtures. >>90g/hr is optimal
https://www.trainerroad.com/...n-a-bottle/30328/204 Isotonicity is not as important as meeting carb and hydration needs. Both can be met with hypertonic solutions, greater than 90g/hr.
https://www.trainerroad.com/...per-bottle/16117/282 Detailed how-to guide for intra-workout fueling: (scroll to near bottom)
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/...t=last-7444621#first Running intra-workout fueling, sweetness discussion
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/...t=last-7417228#first Really spelling it out: HOW TO:
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/...t_P7452851/#p7452851 Even more how-to, with savings calculations:
https://renaissanceperiodization.com/...intra-workout-drinks
Dr. Alex Harrison | Founder & CEO | Sport Physiology & Performance PhD
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