Homemade Chocolate Energy Bars!

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Suitable for anyone who needs an on the go fuel source.

Enjoy!

Legal Steroids

Here is a short video about something I picked up in a supplement store:

The product is called Methdrol - and you may have guessed, it is a prohormone.

Im not going to get into the arguments for and against prohormones here, do what you will. All I ask is that you take care and read as much as you can first.

Please note in the UK where I am, these prohormones are LEGAL. They may not be in your area of residence.

Now, even though you can legally buy and use these as supplements, be wary of their contents. Methdrol contains a chemical compound which will be broken down by your body and introduce excess testosterone into you system. The particular compound found in this prohormone I understand to be BANNED by WADA, meaning in for example, a tested athletic event or bodybuilding show, you will be in the same class as the juicers.

I am not discussing whether they work, how they work or whether you should source these products yourself on here. What I am saying is:

UNDERSTAND FULLY WHAT IS IN YOUR SUPPLEMENTS BEFORE YOU TAKE THEM, AND WHAT EFFECTS THEY WILL HAVE ON YOUR BODY AND IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT.

Stay safe.

Rice Powered Bike Race!

I completed my first ever organised cycling event today.

The Birkenhead North End CC 5 Mile Time Trial

Click above to watch the video (im testing out the camera on my Samsung Galaxy S3).

My fuel for the race, which took place in the evening, was a bowl of egg fried rice with some hot sauce, and greek yoghurt. Afterwards I needed an SIS energy gel to keep the legs going to get home. 

An excellent experience, 2000 calories burned, including the ride there and home. Completed the event in 13 mins and 14 seconds with an average speed of 21.9 mph.

All as a warm up for the Wild Wales Challenge on Bank Holiday Sunday, 82 Miles, 10,000ft of climbing. Oh God.

Fixing A Road Bike

Check out this video from my latest bike ride.

I have signed up for Wild Wales Challenge 2013, which takes place in Bala on Bank Holiday Weekend. The ides of this training ride was to hit as many big climbs as possible. However, on my second climb of the morning, i ran into trouble with my gears. After the chain came off for the third or fourth time, i looked down to find the rear derailleur hanging off.

I was alone, at the top of a welsh mountain with a broken bike. I managed to strap it to the frame using a spare inner tube, and freewheeled back down to the closest town and ordered a taxi to take me back to my car.

I thought i had killed the bike. My bike knowledge isnt that great just yet as I havent been riding that long. It turns out this was a failsafe called a Derailleur Hanger, which are desgined to snap under increased load so that neither the derailleur or the frame get bent in the event of shock or other damage, in this case caused by the yanking of an unconnected chain.

Fast forward a few days and I have fixed this all myself. You can buy Hangers online, there are thousands to choose from, so get the one suited to your bike.

In my case, it was as simple as using a 5mm allen key to take off the broken piece from the derailleur and a smaller one to release the other piece from the frame via two tiny allen bolts. Fasten it nice and tightly together and voila, back from the dead!


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1000 Kilometres, 3 Course Meals & Cycling

For those who read this blog, may have noticed some inactivity on my part for the last week and a half. There is a good reason for this!



See the video above! Me and 4 friends took on a challenge of riding 587 Miles across the Czech Republic, stopping at a new city each night for a week. In each city was a UNESCO site, to add a bit of class to our travels.

Visit the UNESCO website here

On the topic of food, eating vegetarian in the Czech Republic is possible, but not very easy. For the purpose of my ride I needed as much calories as I could handle, as I was burning off between 3 and 5 thousand calories a day. This led to me straying from a perfect clean diet, and yes I ate meat. The Czech lifestyle is very much centred around pork, beef and some chicken and in some cases it wasnt possible to get a vegetarian meal. One place had a choice between a hamburger or pork and dumplings.

So bear that in mind if you are a strict veggie and heading to Prague or one of the other awesome cities.  

On the flipside, it is generally very cheap, especially if you leave the major cities. We managed to get a 3 course meal, and 3 pints of beer for less than £10 each.

Overall we are on course to raise over £1000 for charity, supporting Martins House Hospice for the work they are doing for a sick girl.

Check out the JustGiving page here

Thanks for reading, stay tuned for more blogs in the near future!

Choc & Raisin Cookie Cake!

 

Ingredients:

2 Scoops Chocolate Whey Protein

1.5 Scoops Oats

1 Egg

Small dash of Semi Skimmed Milk

Handful of Raisins

First add a scoop of whey and a scoop of oats into a mixing bowl. Crack open the egg and add that to the mix.

Give this a gentle stir to get it going, then add a small amount of milk. You want it like a batter, quite thick in texture.

Add in the 2nd scoop of protein and another half scoop of oats, this will thicken the mixture further so you will need to judge for yourself how much milk to add in.

Add the raisins, just a small handfull will do, and mix that in fully.

Scoop the mixture out onto a backing tray, and try and shape it into a square or rectangle, this makes it easier to cut into chunks later.

Stick it in the oven for around 5-7 minutes, the edges will turn a little bit golden and it should be firm throughout.

Take it out and slice into bitesize pieces.

Macros:
Approx 500 cals depending on how much raisins/ extra protein you put in
40 carbs
59 Protein
14 Fat




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Cycling Nutrition

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A quick video to show what I usually eat before and during a ride on my bike. On Day 1, we stopped around halfway through for lunch, where I also had coffee and Poached Eggs on Toast. Other than the Oats in the video, the fruit and gels where to keep me going when its not convenient to stop. I also went through 2 full water bottles each day and 1 SIS Fuel Bar each day. No stops on Day 2, so had to resort to the food above for carb sources.

Chocolate Fudge Granola Recipe

Here is my recipe for an incedibly tasty Chocolate Fudge Granola, using just three ingredients. Mix together some natural yoghurt, tropical flavour granola and some whey protein and enjoy the chocolatey goodness.

Macros:
415 Calories
43 Carbs
34 Protein
11 Fat




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