Caffeine for better sports performance! Everyone gets caffeine in some way. It is found in many different products and, of course, in 63 different plants. The best known form of a caffeine-containing product is of course our delicious cup of coffee. But also at BYE! we have a number of products that...
In endurance sports, you hear the terms hypotonic, isotonic and hypertonic a lot. But what do these terms really mean and when do you take what? During exercise, you sweat, lose fluids and consume energy. It is therefore important to supplement fluid loss and energy loss, you can do this with...
Stomach problems in triathlon, written by Bart Cooymans and Tim van de hemel A feeling that your nutrition is not being absorbed, the feeling that you could cramp up at any moment, abdominal pain, stomach problems, thirst. All factors that have to do with your nutrition and that make it difficult for you as an athlete during an Ironman to reach...
Carbohydrate stacking for the Ironman Stacking, stacking, and more stacking! But why would you do this in the first place? By stacking carbohydrates you ensure that your body has more energy on race day. Especially with longer efforts, this can be very beneficial. This is because carbohydrates are different the days before the race...
Rescheduling your big goal. In this day and age, we all unfortunately have to deal with the cancellation, rescheduling or even last minute cancellations of events. Fortunately, this is not the case for the Ironman in West-Friesland and a new date has been found so that we can all achieve our goal.Completing...
Interview with Ironlady Sione Jongstra Sione Jongstra breathes triathlon. She competed in 8 Ironman 's, including three times Hawaii (2007 as Pro, 2017 and 2018 as Age-Grouper). The last 2 times she became world champion at the Age-group. In addition, she has completed 1 full triathlon Embrunman and another 12-15 Ironman 70.3 times. We interviewed...
The best training and sports nutrition tips for an Ironman. The Ironman 5150 and 70.3 are fairly similar in terms of training. Although a ?quarter? seems like an entry-level race, it is still a 2-hour race or longer. For the fastest triathletes, just under two hours, but the average finisher will certainly exceed this limit...
BYE Nutrition is the official sports nutrition partner of Ironman Netherlands (Maastricht and West-Friesland) for the next 3 years. For all blogs related to the Ironman/triathlon see our Ironman page But what exactly is an Ironman and how did it come about? What is an Ironman? The Ironman is the largest and best-known series of races of classic long...