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2009-08-07 10:21 AM

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Subject: Lactic Acid --- SportsLegs

At this point, I basically just drink water on rides of 2 hours or les and sometimes more.  I do not take any of the recovery supplements and I do not plan on taking SportsLegs.  I also do not ride fast enough to feel the burn in my legs.  I just slow down.... seems to work for me.    A friend of mine tried SportsLegs and wants me to try them because I take anything besides water and occasionally a sports drink. 

 I at least agreed to look at the website.  It looks like bananas and milk in a pill to me.  Very expensive bananas and milk.  On the site, they referenced this article on lactic acid that I thought was interesting. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/health/nutrition/16run.html?n=top/reference/times%20topics/people/k/kolata,%20gina

Does anyone here use SportsLegs?

2009-08-07 11:36 AM
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Hey Neal - i started using the sportslegs a few month ago an I think it has made a difference. I'm not nearly as sore after long har workouts an I feel like my legs have more pop in the long ries. Could be totally mental though....
2009-08-07 2:10 PM
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tridawg72 - 2009-08-07 12:36 PM Hey Neal - i started using the sportslegs a few month ago an I think it has made a difference. I'm not nearly as sore after long har workouts an I feel like my legs have more pop in the long ries. Could be totally mental though....
 

I was wondering how much of it could be mental when I read the testitmonials because I feel better on different days anyway.  I would not know it was the sportslegs of just the natural ebb and flow of working out.  I still think I will stick to bananas.  They are a lot less expensive. 

2009-08-07 3:29 PM
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nealphelps - 2009-08-07 3:10 PM

tridawg72 - 2009-08-07 12:36 PM Hey Neal - i started using the sportslegs a few month ago an I think it has made a difference. I'm not nearly as sore after long har workouts an I feel like my legs have more pop in the long ries. Could be totally mental though....
 

I was wondering how much of it could be mental when I read the testitmonials because I feel better on different days anyway.  I would not know it was the sportslegs of just the natural ebb and flow of working out.  I still think I will stick to bananas.  They are a lot less expensive. 



Just make sure you don't eat a lot of bananas before you ride the gaps   You can ask Greg and Karen about that.
2009-08-09 4:10 PM
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I've used them a few times..didn't notice anything.
2009-08-10 7:46 AM
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bboston88 - 2009-08-09 5:10 PM I've used them a few times..didn't notice anything.

My friend that was so high on them told me she is not so sure now either.  I thought that was pretty funny because she was so pushy about me trying them.  I have not tried them so I have no idea.

2009-08-10 8:30 AM
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I have an extra bottle of them that I will give you tp try if you want?
2009-08-10 8:39 AM
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tridawg72 - 2009-08-10 9:30 AM I have an extra bottle of them that I will give you tp try if you want?

Maybe the next time we ride, I could try a dose.  I was not actually looking for anything.  My friend seemed to think that I NEEDED to try them for some reason.  Do you think she was trying to tell me something? 

2009-08-10 8:58 AM
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hey Neal did you out swim the shark in your avatar?!!!!
I use hammer products mostly out of convenience, a lot easier to carry a couple of pills than a couple of bananas plus not much fiber in pill form to get the intestines going! I think in the 90 deg days we have, these things work but you need to be careful as a lot of it is probably snakeoil.
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2009-08-10 9:22 AM
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jrm - 2009-08-10 9:58 AM hey Neal did you out swim the shark in your avatar?!!!! .....  be careful as a lot of it is probably snakeoil. John.

Yeah, I beat him. 

I concur on snakeoil.  I think my being such a cynic is why my friend was so pushy about the SportsLegs.

2009-08-10 9:28 AM
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I do like the Hammer Endurolytes b/c I tend to get headaches on really hot days and those do seem to help. I also like Recoverite because I did a race and the next day had a great ride. But that could have been because the road race wasn't that hard. Not sure. In any event, I'm going to order some of that stuff.


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