Are you a salty and high volume sweater?
06-11-09, 11:46 AM
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When I get in from a ride Sam likes to lick the salt off my legs for 5 minutes.
06-11-09, 12:06 PM
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I probably have too much salt in my diet already, so I'm not sure how much I'd want to add by tablets or other sources. I notice the salt deposits on the helmet straps, but this is normal. I'm drenched with sweat after every ride, but I expect it in the lower to mid 90's. Plenty of fluids.
It does however create some problems on the bike. I have some pitting of the metal on the chainrings and brake levers. I've had to replace the brake cables with stainless steel cables to avoid further corrosion. Also had the spacers fuse to the steerer, which caused indexing. The bike shop solved that problem for me.
It does however create some problems on the bike. I have some pitting of the metal on the chainrings and brake levers. I've had to replace the brake cables with stainless steel cables to avoid further corrosion. Also had the spacers fuse to the steerer, which caused indexing. The bike shop solved that problem for me.
06-11-09, 12:19 PM
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After several years of riding and running, and now dating a girl in a DPT program who minored in nutrition (who is also a competitive runner), I've come to the conclusion that I am indeed a salty sweater. And I've always been a heavy sweater. For some reason, I generate body heat at higher rates when exercising than anyone I know. In the winter when I go backcountry skiing, I need to take it down to a single baselayer in conditions down to 0F.
And when I sweat, I tend to lose salt like mad as well. My helmet straps always get coated. My face will have a salt crust. I've developed calf and quad cramps from minor hyponutremia before.
Anyone here like this? How do you handle it in terms of eating while riding? I think I'm ready to give salted potatos a try on my next ride.
Does anyone eat salted hardboiled eggs? I take those along skiing with me and they're great, but I've also read, and through experience learned that in cold weather, metabolizing fats yield higher body heat outputs. Maybe that'd be too hard to stomach in warm weather, and give the wrong effect.
And when I sweat, I tend to lose salt like mad as well. My helmet straps always get coated. My face will have a salt crust. I've developed calf and quad cramps from minor hyponutremia before.
Anyone here like this? How do you handle it in terms of eating while riding? I think I'm ready to give salted potatos a try on my next ride.
Does anyone eat salted hardboiled eggs? I take those along skiing with me and they're great, but I've also read, and through experience learned that in cold weather, metabolizing fats yield higher body heat outputs. Maybe that'd be too hard to stomach in warm weather, and give the wrong effect.
06-11-09, 12:22 PM
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06-11-09, 12:31 PM
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06-11-09, 12:39 PM
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I sweat a lot of salt. On long hot rides I need added electrolytes. If the ride is long and hot enough, Endurolytes aren't enough, so I use salt tablets.
Before I figured it out I got hyponatremia on my first Death Ride. Finishing that was the hardest thing I've done.
Before I figured it out I got hyponatremia on my first Death Ride. Finishing that was the hardest thing I've done.
06-11-09, 02:27 PM
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Not as bad as you, but I found that endurolytes (electrolyte pills) help a lot on long, hot rides, as does drinking an electrolyte energy drink as well as plenty of water. You'll still sweat, of course, but the name of the game is replacing whatever you lose.
Failing that, try moving to Alaska or Siberia.
Failing that, try moving to Alaska or Siberia.
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I am very much not a salty or high volume sweater. Therefore I drink less than many others and tend to avoid things with added sodium. If I take in too much sodium (and I mean even as little as what is in most sports drinks) I will retain water like crazy and feel extrememly bloated and uncomfortable. If it is very hot, such as 100F I will go through a bottle an hour but in most typical riding temps I'm more like 1/3 to 1/2 bottle per hour.
06-11-09, 02:31 PM
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True, but it means you are losing it, so logic says you should replace it as you keep going. It shouldn't be a problem on short rides, but it's important on long rides. Also, if your sweat becomes not salty, then it means you have already neglected the salt you needed. As a coach once told me, "drink before you get thirsty, eat before you get hungry".
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06-11-09, 02:57 PM
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True, but it means you are losing it, so logic says you should replace it as you keep going. It shouldn't be a problem on short rides, but it's important on long rides. Also, if your sweat becomes not salty, then it means you have already neglected the salt you needed. As a coach once told me, "drink before you get thirsty, eat before you get hungry".
06-11-09, 02:59 PM
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True, but it means you are losing it, so logic says you should replace it as you keep going. It shouldn't be a problem on short rides, but it's important on long rides. Also, if your sweat becomes not salty, then it means you have already neglected the salt you needed. As a coach once told me, "drink before you get thirsty, eat before you get hungry".
With that logic if I drink a lot of beer and start sweating it out this must mean I need more beer... Wait thats usually true!
06-11-09, 03:07 PM
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Only while riding, but I go the extra mile too 
Yeah, it's not one size fits all, but it's a good general rule. Most riders dehydrate themselves more than they need to while riding.
Yeah, it's not one size fits all, but it's a good general rule. Most riders dehydrate themselves more than they need to while riding.
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06-11-09, 03:19 PM
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Yeah, I'm pretty salty and sweaty, helmet straps get all crusted up as well. However, I think I get plenty of salt in my diet, I can't imagine intentionally having to take in more. However, I do drink Gatoraid double strength in my bottle so I'm sure that more than replaces anything I lose. My problems come from just not drinking enough, starts with a dull headache in the base of my skull. The problem with drinking a bunch is that often (especially on bumpier roads) I end up needing to pee a lot.
06-11-09, 03:27 PM
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06-11-09, 03:30 PM
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It has nothing to do with where I live. I just don't sweat as much as others that I ride with. When it is hot I do sweat more of course, but still not as much as someone else who would sweat even more still...
06-11-09, 03:48 PM
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