Do you use pickle juice during an event and how to you carry it?
No. Afterwards sometimes. Keep on top of your electrolytes with your drink of choice: Gatorade, Infinit, Tailwind, Gu Brew, etc.
Do you use pickle juice during an event and how to you carry it?
I don’t use but I do know some fast folks who live in the southern states in the US who swear by it. They carry it in a belt or stash it somewhere if running loops.
I personally prefer defizzed cola.
Hello. Poland (aka Pickleland) here. I’ve never heard of anyone taking pickle juice to a race. Risky (too much sodium) and - when served warm - probably gross, too. It would be worse than having warm beer, or that beer-flavored gel that made me question if my IQ isn’t single digit on a certain day.
I keep my pickle juice in the fridge and reward myself with a chilled glass of relief - followed by plenty of tap water - after a hot workout.
As far as weird race day drinks go, I’ve considered coconut water but never had the gall to follow through.
There’s a cucumber-lime Gatorade I’d heard of? But that may just have been a joke (I fucking hope so, anyway LOL)
Pepino Limon Gatorade is actually really good. Seems pretty common in all the taqueria’s and hole in the wall gas stations I’ve visited in TX.
Pickle juice isn’t an electrolyte source, it’s used to elicit the gusto-facial reflex and short circuit the transmission of cramping signals in the nervous system. It’s well proven to be effective in this application.
For the OP - I use a gel flask. Works great.
Pickle juice isn’t an electrolyte source, it’s used to elicit the gusto-facial reflex and short circuit the transmission of cramping signals in the nervous system. It’s well proven to be effective in this application.
For the OP - I use a gel flask. Works great.
I’ve never tried pickle juice, but I always carry a few mustard packets and they’ve worked miracles on a few occasions to banish cramps.
Yes, but only cycling events when they offer the stuff on course. I love the stuff. I’ve never used it in a triathlon and wouldn’t know how to carry it. The only legitimate pickle juice is green because it came from pickling cucumbers. Clear pickle juice is an abomination against all things holy and right.
My daughter & I are coming in VERY LATE to the home pickling game which started during the first years of COVID, there is NO FUCKING WAY that I’d drink that shit
Sugar + vinegar + garlic + “other stuff” = I can’t see how that would help anyone in an athletic endeavor
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I’ve never tried pickle juice, but I always carry a few mustard packets and they’ve worked miracles on a few occasions to banish cramps.
Yup, same mechanism of action. I often recommend hot mustard packets from Chinese take-out to the athletes I work with because they’re so compact, and you get kind of a double dose as both the heat and the acid work to trigger the reflex.
Yup, same mechanism of action. I often recommend hot mustard packets from Chinese take-out to the athletes I work with because they’re so compact, and you get kind of a double dose as both the heat and the acid work to trigger the reflex.
Inneresting.
Tempted to try it but the Chinese restaurants around here - Hong Kong, go figure - don’t give you mustard packets. I’d have to go get the normal ones from shake shack.
There’s a cucumber-lime Gatorade I’d heard of? But that may just have been a joke (I fucking hope so, anyway LOL)
Don’t knock it till you try it!!! It’s the best
Tempted to try it but the Chinese restaurants around here - Hong Kong, go figure
If they give out black vinegar packets, you might try that. It’s been on my list of things to try for a while now.
Sugar + vinegar + garlic + “other stuff” = I can’t see how that would help anyone in an athletic endeavor
They must differ country by country a lot. Out here we’re rolling in more of a sauercucumber fashion (analogy to sauerkraut). No vinegar or sugar, yes garlic (whole cloves - no grinding), salt, and dill. The whole thing is sour-salty and very refreshing.
Sugar + vinegar + garlic + “other stuff” = I can’t see how that would help anyone in an athletic endeavor
Google " Gusto facial reflex" or “oropharyngeal reflex” and “cramping”.
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Nothing beats a pickle back after a nice shot of whiskey lol.
But yes, pickle juice works to prevent cramping. Back in my hockey playing days, we used to keep a bottle on the bench. Came in handy during the third period or the 2-3 overtime games.
Sugar + vinegar + garlic + “other stuff” = I can’t see how that would help anyone in an athletic endeavor
Google " Gusto facial reflex" or “oropharyngeal reflex” and “cramping”.
Bingo.
Mustard works better. Before I knew the first thing about nutrition, I used to carry water and a bottle of mustard with me to my high school swim practices. 🤦â€â™‚ï¸
The cheaper the mustard, the better. $0.98 cent mustard from Walmart is my favorite. Reason the cheaper stuff works better: it tastes worse and is more vinegar-y. It’s the acid in the mouth that may cause immediate/temporary cramp relief.
This is a cramp rescue method only, by the way. There are much better ways to prevent cramping (fueling appropriately with carbs and sodium throughout the training session).
There are much better ways to prevent cramping (fueling appropriately with carbs and sodium throughout the training session).
Though my understanding is “the research” is murky on that, and the physiology of excercise-induced cramping are still somewhat of a mystery. We’ve been through the whole Dr. Noakes debate a bunch of times here. Which is a fun debate.
Tonic water with quinine is excellent for preventing cramps as well.