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What are you putting in your drink bottle?
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David Heatley
David Heatley is the director of Cycling-Inform and co-creator of the RaceRight Cycling Camp. He has medalled at national and regional events in New Zealand during the 1980’s. David now runs the Cycling-Inform company while racing at the top level of national Veterans Cycling racing in Australia. David created the very successful Original Bright Boot Camp. Also, the very successful Cycling-Inform’s remote coaching program run by David has achieved great results with his riders across Australia. David coaches the current woman’s 35-39 Vet's Victorian Criterium and Road Champion. 
By David Heatley
Published on 07-Oct-08
 
As the seasons and cycling events chance so does what you put in your drink bottle. This article discusses a new product that enables you to totally customise your sports drink for your cycling event and the changing seasons.



Use the discount code - INFCYCINF08 to not pay any FREIGHT on all orders placed with Infinit before the 30/11/2008.  This will save you $12.50 to $20.85 per order depending on your order volume.

There is a new product on the market that now enables you to customise your sports drink specifically to your personal requirements and cycling events. Gone are the days of having to use the bulk standard off the shelf sports drink in a hope that it will help you with your specific cycling event.

I personally used to suffer from cramping while our riding. This was solved by to a sports drink with a blend specifically to help reduce cramps. 

Another issue is the changing seasons. During the summer I'm drinking more than in the winter for the same level of exercise. This is because it is hotter so I'm sweating more. This has caused me a bit of a dilemma when mixing my sports drinks in the morning. So for the summer I'm looking for a drink that has a different balance of electrolytes and carbohydrate than a sports drink that I consume in the winter. In the past I've resorted to diluting my sports drink for summer while beefing up the concentration for winter use. Not really the preferred method.

Now all that is going to change since a company called Infinit has produced a way to customise sports drinks to your own unique individual requirements. I will be discussing this unique customisation later in the article. But first let me talk about Infinit's great range of custom premixed cycling sports hydration drinks... 

Custom pre-mixes
To get you started Infinit Nutrition have developed sports hydration drinks specifically for criterium and road cycling racing in three flavours. These drinks taste great while helping you to cycle better. They also have blends for hot days too.

Here are some of the cycling products with their respective information. They include criterium and road blends as well as pre race, recovery, ultra distance (for fun rides and endurance events) and finally, a low calorie blend for weight loss.

Pre Race Hydration

The only drink formulated exclusively for hydration prior to the start line. Lower calories and flavours so you will not feel bloated. Made with no artificial colours and electrolyte levels higher than most other drinks. This leads to hyper hydration and improved performance from the starting gun. INFINIT exclusive blend of three carbohydrate sources enables your body to process calories up to 40% more efficiently than other commercially made products available. This is a custom made pre-race drink made especially for before the big race!

Click on the following links to order:
Pre Race Hydration - Fruit Punch
Pre Race Hydration - Lemon Lime
Pre Race Hydration - Orange

Critirum Racing Blends:

Made especially for the explosive efforts and lactic acid levels of criterium racing with all natural lemon lime flavours and 100% all natural ingredients. There is no event that has the demands of a Crit race. Huge anerobic efforts followed up by luls in the action. INFINIT's Criterium formulations is made with a higher percentage of fast burning INFINIT glucose to give you the explosive energy for the sprint to the line. A medium level of flavour, electrolytes, some INFINIT long chain glucose polymers and calories makes your formulation go down easy even under the harshest of conditions. Finally and product custom made just for your sport!

Click on the following links to order:
Criterium - Fruit Punch
Criterium - Lemon Lime
Criterium - Orange

Road Racing Blends:

Made for the long days in the saddle with 100% all natural ingredients. Road racing is unique in its combination of periods of endurance and maximum efforts. INFINIT's blend of both long chain glucose polymers for endurance in combination of fast burning glucose is the perfect combination for a road race. The Road Race formulation has higher calories, 4 grams of protein, medium flavour to taste great and enough electrolytes to keep your muscles going all day. This is the INFINIT Fluid Energizer custom formulated for the long haul.

Click on the following links to order:
Road Race Formula - Fruit Punch
Road Race Formula - Lemon Lime
Road Race Formula - Orange

Lo-Cal Blends:
Everything you need in a race and training drink just with less calories. INFINIT exclusive blend of three carbohydrate sources enables your body to process calories up to 40% more efficiently than other commercially made products available. Lower calories and flavours so you will not feel bloated. Made with 100% all natural ingredients and no artificial colours and still only 175 calories per 20 ounce serving!

Click on the following links to order:
Lo-Cal Blend - Fruit Punch

Lo-Cal Blend - Lemon Lime
Lo-Cal Blend - Orange

Jet Fuel with Caffeine Blends:
The low osmolality formulation for short explosive efforts. Higher percentage of INFINIT Glucose for energy with long chain glucose polymers and medium electrolytes eliminate any stomach distress during anaerobic efforts. INFINIT exclusive blend of three carbohydrate sources enables your body to process calories up to 40% more efficiently than other commercially made products available. They have added 100mg of caffeine per 20 ounce serving to enable your body to access energy from fat stores. Premium product for your fastest race ever!

Click on the following links to order:

Jet Fuel with Caffeine - Fruit Punch
Jet Fuel with Caffeine - Lemon Lime
Jet Fuel with Caffeine - Orange

Heat Mix Blend:

This is the one designed to help you beat the heat. Lower number of calories to offset increased fluid intake. More electrolytes to eliminate cramping and increase nutrients to your muscles. INFINIT's exclusive blend of three carbohydrate sources enables your body to process calories up to 40% more efficiently than other commercially made products available. All backed by INFINIT Nutrition’s money back guarantee.
Heat Mix - Fruit Punch
Heat Mix - Lemon Lime
Heat Mix - Orange

Ultra Distance Blend:

There is no other product on the market made for especially for the demands of Ultra Racing. INFINITs Ultra formulation is made with 100% all natural ingredients and the highest percentage of ultra high quality long chain glucose polymers for the slow burning carbohydrates you need to go all day long. INFINIT exclusive blend of three carbohydrate sources enables your body to process calories up to 40% more efficiently than other commercially made products available. Combine this with 5 grams of Ultra pure whey isolate and you have a Fluid Energizer - that is unsurpassed in the market today. Finally a custom made product made especially for Ultra Racing!
Ultra Distance - Fruit Punch
Ultra Distance - Lemon Lime
Ultra Distance - Orange

Custom Blends
If you want to go even further you can fully customise your drink using the simple slider system on their website. Here the power of the Infinit product comes to life. You can now blend your own drink to your exact requirements. Like a winter and summer blend or a blend that has more anti-cramping agents in it. You can even change how much flavour your drink has. The simple slider system allows you to adjust your cycling specific sports drink against a variety of different blends giving you a totally unique drink that is tailored to you personal requirements. You can adjust flavour, carbohydrate, calories, electrolyte, protein, amino acid and caffeine blends to make your own personal drink that you can save and order anytime. Click on the Infinit banner advert below to go to the questionnaire. You will be asked a series of questions. It will then recommend a special blend specifically for you that you can order on line and then have sent to you.

Infinit products are made with 100% all natural ingredients, no artificial colours and are now available in Australia.

Use the discount code - INFCYCINF08 to not pay any FREIGHT on all orders placed with Infinit before the 30/11/2008.  This will save you $12.50 to $20.85 per order depending on your order volume.


Click on the Infinit banner advert below to go to the questionnaire.