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ENDURANCE May 2007 : Issue 054 NEWSThe endurance athlete's comprehensive knowledge resource since 1992 ® Replacement vs. Replenishment Bill Misner Ph.D., Steve Born • Pg 2 / Welcome To fuel successfully, less is better than more! • Pg 3 / What I Love Most About Spring • Pg 4 / From The Saddle Of Steve Born From the beginning we’ve recom- We encourage you to use the informa- mended that our clients shun the tion in this article as your fueling • Pg 5 / Common Pain Relievers recommendations of “experts” and their guide and we guarantee you will have • Pg 6 / Soy Protein, Friend Or Foe? “replace what you lose” fueling higher quality workouts, better race • Pg 7 / Pretty In Pink advise because it almost always guar- results and feel better too! antees failure or at the very least, sub • Pg 8 / Antioxidant Supplementation par performances punctuated by upset Perhaps the biggest challenge we at • Pg 9 / Soy Scores Again stomach, cramps or worse. Hammer Nutrition face is convincing • Pg 10 / Cyclo-BootCamp athletes that the “replace what you Now, if this bad fueling advice were lose” theory of endurance fueling is • Pg 11 / Dr. Bill’s Words Of Wisdom on its way out, we probably wouldn’t completely ineffective and needs to be • Pg 12 / Product Spotlight : Energy Surge have to continue to wave our flag on eliminated if better results are to be this matter. Fact is, despite so much achieved. What we’re talking about are • Pg 13 / Unhappy Meals evidence against them, a number of the “experts” and organizations that • Pg 14 / Fructose In Energy Surge magazines, athletes, coaches, and are still recommending that athletes • Pg 15 / Q & A’s : Perpetuem & Sustained Energy organizations still promote this flawed need to consume what they lose during theory of fueling. exercise in equal to near-equal • Pg 16 / Glutamine : A Vital Post-Workout Nutrient • Pg 17 / Visit Montana This Summer (see REPLENISHMENT on page 26) • Pg 18 / Athlete Spotlight : The Delman’s • Pg 20 / Start Your Season Right Complex Carbohydrates Bill Misner Ph.D., Steve Born • Pg 21 / 2007 Race Across America A superior fuel compared to simple sugars • Pg 22 / A New Approach To Medical Thought Most everyone who is familiar with glucose, fructose, and sucrose - oxida- • Pg 23 / Join Us In Kona Hammer Nutrition fuels knows our tion rates peaked at 1.7 grams per • Pg 24 / Nate’s Corner uncompromising stance on the use of minute. Both those results are pretty • Pg 25 / Endurance Nutrition DVD complex carbohydrates versus simple eye opening, considering that the sugars for optimal fuel/energy produc- majority of research on the subject has • Pg 25 / Brown Rice Syrup tion. In Endurance News #52 we ran shown that complex carbohydrates • Pg 28 / Hammer Camp Tucson an article (“Complex Carbs or Multiple allowed for 4.0 - 4.1 calories/minute, or • Pg 32 / 2007 Highline Hammer Carb Sources - Which is Better?”) that approximately 1 gram/minute. discussed the results of research by the • Pg 33 / 2007-2008 Tucson Hammer Camps Dutch sport scientist, Asker However, there’s more to the results • Pg 34 / Grasky/Hodska Training Camp Jeukendrup. To recap the article, the than what first meets the eye, and the • Pg 36 / From The Archives general conclusion of the studies key to our original article - our position showed that a blend of carbohydrates regarding the studies as well as the • Pg 37-38 / 2007 Price List & Order Form increased oxidation rates, which means companies that are jumping on the • Pg 39 / Triathlon One O One higher amounts of energy were pro- “multiple carb sources are better than duced. In one of Jeukendrup’s studies complex carbs alone” bandwagon - was • Pg 40-43 / Race Report he found that cyclists who ingested a not to dispute the results of 2:1 mixture of maltodextrin and fruc- Jeukendrup’s published studies. The tose were able to oxidize up to 1.5 key to the article was whether or not ABOVE : Pro cyclist Ron Jenson, of Team Waste grams of carbohydrate every minute. Management, hammers during the ASU crit. Photo - Will Samsky In another study - using a mixture of (see COMPLEX CARBS on page 30) ENDURANCE NEWS : The Newsletter For Endurance Athletes Welcome From the office of Brian Frank Welcome to Trust me, that will not be the case. and friends. You can also write a let- Endurance News Again, I expect you to hold me to this ter to your local newspaper and or #54 commitment. sport specific publication. As I almost always In fact, I want to reassure you that In addition to Steve’s articles, our do, I need to start this growth will benefit you as well as usual contributors have some good by thanking you us. The reason for this growth is due to reading in store for you. Beginning in for your support, our grass roots marketing program and this issue, we have a new contributor, without which we the influence that you have on your coach Al Lyman, sharing his thoughts would not be cele- local athletic community. This growth on how to get your race season off to a brating our 20th anniversary with enables us to sponsor and support more good start. You will also find an unabated growth. You are the reason of the exact type of events you compete expanded “Race Report” which is my for our success and I can promise you in and, in many instances, even have favorite part of the newsletter because that no matter how big we grow, we’ll our products on course as well. The it highlights you, our reader and most never forget how we got there or why convenience of being able to “buy local” treasured asset. So, if you’ve ever read you chose to support us in the first or just pick up last minute products at this section and thought, “Hey, I place. We know you want healthy, your local bike shop, running, or tri should send them some photos and a effective products, at a fair price, shop, or even your local health food story about my recent race or epic jour- backed up by friendly, helpful staff and store, is another perk for you. ney,” you’re right, you should! all of the resources necessary to make the most of the products and all of your So, do remember that Hammer Enjoy the read, eat right, train hard work. That may sound like a Nutrition is partly your company and smart, make recovery a priority and pretty tall order, but it’s one I’ve been we are counting on you to help guide Hammer on race day! Oh yeah, and happily filling for 20 years now. I’m us as we grow into a full-fledged multi- tell your family how much you love counting on you to continue to hold us channel company with your feedback them, every day. accountable to this standard and to be and constructive criticism. That’s why vocal if we ever fall short. I monitor and personally reply to sug- [email protected]. Perhaps I’m a perfectionist, or a lit- tle compulsive, or both, but I’ve found This issue of Endurance News is HOT TIPS that when you dedicate 20 years of chock-full of the good stuff. In fact, we Elevate HGH while you sleep - hard work towards a singular goal, you added twelve more pages just to fit it Whey before bed can’t help but end up with something all in. The feature articles are neces- to show for that hard work. That’s sary reading as they provide a counter Elevating Human Growth Hormone (HGH) what I tell my son and anyone who balance to the anti-supplement hype levels is the surest way to enhance athletic asks how we’ve achieved the modest and bankrupt “replace what you lose” performance and shorten recovery time. This success that we are enjoying today. fueling philosophy that continues to be is why some athletes resort to risky injec- promoted in the mainstream and tions. To safely raise HGH levels without Speaking of success, you may have sports media. I know for many of you risk to your endocrine system, try this - just noticed Hammer products proliferating we are simply preaching to the choir, before bed, take 1 scoop of Hammer Whey in retail outlets in your town or area. but we must doggedly continue to pro- protein in 4- 6 ounces water, not juice or milk It’s true that our retail sales channel is fess the safety and efficacy of as those carbs will hinder the process. This growing even faster than our direct-to- nutritional supplements and the wis- consumer channel. I can already hear dom of our “replace what you can practice may safely raise HGH levels while the thoughts of many of you who may assimilate” fueling philosophy, rather you sleep by as much as 400% compared to be concerned that our growth into the than having even one of you be led the usual nightly spike. That’s enough to have mainstream markets will lead to astray. If this information is already a a noticeable effect on anabolic, muscle “dumbed down” products and the evap- given to you, we encourage you to pass building/maintaining, activity in the body, and oration of our personalized service. it along to your less informed family that’s a good thing. 2 May 2007 : Issue 054 What I Love Most About Spring Tony Schiller “It’s spring fever. That is what the myself that 30 mph wasn’t wind aided.