Electrolytes and Cycling Archives

Electrolytes in Cycling – Can Sodium Help Performance?

August 16, 2022 at 12:19 pm5 min reading

Sodium is a crucial electrolyte during exercise, it is responsible for water absorption and muscle contraction. If you sweat during a ride, you are sure to lose sodium. Can sodium consumption improve athletic performance? Let’s take a look at what experiments show.

Electrolytes in Cycling – How to Measure Your Sweat Rate?

August 9, 2022 at 11:21 am5 min reading

Health & Training

Sweating is essential for cooling down during exercise. Unfortunately, it causes you to lose water as well as valuable electrolytes. What influences how much you sweat and how to measure it? Which electrolytes do you lose?

Electrolytes in Cycling – What’s the Role of Sodium?

August 2, 2022 at 12:24 pm5 min reading

Health & Training

When you sweat, you are losing electrolytes such as sodium, magnesium, potassium, and calcium. These are all important for health and exercise performance but the most talked about one is definitely sodium. Let’s take a look at why you should care about it too.