Feedback from our Customers
It's great to get positive feedback from some of our customers.
From our Sponsorship of the
Australian Long Course Triathlon, we had lots of people praising our products which we appreciate ;
One age group Champion said - I received the purchased pack from your company. It was after some research that I decided to buy and try with great results. Having consumed
Perpetuem pre race then Heed,
Endurolytes and Hammer gels during the race I suffered no stomach discomfort at all. I had heaps of energy left in the tank but restrained myself during the run due to a slight calf injury that I felt may flare up. Anyway now converted to hammer nutrition for future races.
Another athlete said "I have now used the Perpeteum twice, 1st time on Saturday which was a 6hr ride, and today was a tough 3hr brick session, and it is sensational! Very happy I have found this product, and it certainly does work. I have forwarded the details onto another mate who has worse nutrition plans than I did, so maybe another customer / convert on the way."
Thanks for the feedback
Cheers
David
Record Entries to Jervis Bay Triathlon Festival
What a weekend this promises to be for the multi-sport enthusiast !
You can't ask for much more.
Over 3,000 athletes will line up from all over Australia.
Hammer Nutrition will be supplying
HEED on course to ensure all athletes perform at their best.
If you are doing it, pencil it into our diary for next year !
Black Saturday Run.
This was a tragic day for all Australia :
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7TH 2009 WAS AN EXTREME DAY OF BLISTERING HEAT AND GAIL FORCE WINDS.IT BECAME AUSTRALIA'S WORST EVER NATURAL DISASTER! IT IS NOW KNOW AS BLACK SATURDAY!
173 people lost their lives, thousands of people lost their loved ones.
Over 2000 Houses were destroyed, thousands of hectares chard.
Communities were at the brink and challenged like never before.
Hammer Nutrition is extremely proud to be able to support this cause and hope that you can contribute by
donating on the
Website.
The guys will using Perpetuem, HEED. HammerGels and Endurolytes to help them through this
very tough run. Good luck !
How to Fuel for the 250km Alpine Classic
Since our involvement in the
Alpine Classic we have had numerous competitors contact us with request for fuelling advice. Below is what we have recommended to a 90kg male.
The following are the most basic requirements you should take into consideration
1.
Separate your nutrition from your hydration.- this will avoid confusion between the two.
- often the longer the event goes the more important this becomes.
People get tired and confused as to how much they have taken and the general outcome is they take too much Nutrition.
- The least amount of fuel is always preferable. You can always correct this by adding more, but to correct over consumption takes a considerable amount of time and gastro problems
2.
Consume up to 280-320 calories per hour.
- this is approx for your body weight.
- ensure you measure this properly
- this may vary slightly pending conditions and terrain.- these calories should be complex carbohydrates, plus some soy protein plus &some lipids
- avoid simple sugars until the very end.
- the continual consumption of simple sugars leads to considerable fluctuations on blood sugars. This eventually leads to some form of "crash/low"
3.
Consume 550ml - 800ml of water / hour.- the variation accounts for conditions.
4.
Take additional Electrolytes above what is in drinks.
- Electrolytes are like "oil is to a car", without sufficient amounts you will cramp.
- the further you go and the harder the terrain the more important they become.
5.
Limit the amount if any solid fuels.- solid fuels are not a necessary requirement for long events.
- some people feel they are necessary and can cope with limited amounts.
- there is always going to be a digestion problem, which will take blood away from working muscles to digest the solid food.
- you can never be 100% sure as to how much has been digested. This makes it hard to calculate how many calories you have digested.
There are 3 main fuel/electrolyte sources to consume1.
PerepteumThis is a complete fuel - containing Complex Carbohydrates. soy protein and lipids.
- The complex carbohydrates provide the main fuel source.
- The Soy protein helps prevent the muscle tissue breakdown.
- Lipids (type of fat) is added. The body recognises lipids coming into the system and releases it's own fat stores.
This can add to your fuel source and help stabilize blood sugars.
2.
Hammergels A quick easy source of Complex Carbohydrates
3.
EndurolytesThis adds extra electrolytes to prevent cramping.
Our suggestion for fueling is.
1. Take 2 x three hour bottles of
Perpetuem- Take 1 fresh on the bike (keep it cold over night)
- each bottle contains 6 scoops of Perpetuem
- divide the bottle into 3 by marking on the bottle lines
- consume 1/3 bottle each hour.
Put the second bottle 6 scoops contained in a zip lock bag.
You would stop at an aid station and mix this second bottle.
- Drink as above.
This would give you approx. 6 hours of riding.
2. An additional 2-4 hours would be gained by taking a small flask of
Hammergel.- Take 1 gel each 30-45mins
- the Hammergel Flasks contain 6 gels.
3. I would take 2-3
Endurolytes per hour every hour to prevent cramping.
Solid FuelAs mentioned above, some people feel the need to eat something.
This is fine, but always remember to take this into consideration with the amount
of Calories consumed.
You should also ensure that any solid food consumed is not done in large amounts
at anyone time.
You also need to ensure that the food is appropriate.
- easy to digest
- no dairy, simple sugars, minimal fats etc.
Colin Anderson NZ Cycling Ledgend doing the Alpine Classic
Colin Anderson, is known in NZ as the holder of many Endurance Cycling Records ! The amazing thing is that he was in his late 50's and early 60's doing it !
Here is a few of his rides to date
Completed BMB 1200km Boston 2005
NZ Record holder for 2158km complete length of NZ Solo Cycle-- 2007
NZ record holder 24 hour Solo Out-door velodrome 672km 2005
NZ record holder 24 hour indoor velodrome 660km--followed by ride up NZ,s notorious bluff hill Invercargill--slowly!! 2008
Record holder for most completed laps of NZ,s Lake Taupo Cycle- 47 laps && counting
Completed 2007,1200km -Wet- PBP 66hr 22mins. 4th of Australia/NZ teamlpine Classic.
Colin uses Hammer Fuels for all his rides, mainly
Perpetuem and
gelsGood luck Colin, it might be a bit hot, so we would also recommend he use some
EndurolytesCheers
David
Italian Quality Cycling Bibs- less than $100 !
How's this, we have top quality
Italian made Cycling Bibs.Made with all the quality and comfort expected from Italy.
At a price of $99 it's a great new years buy !
Enjoy
David
Alpine Classic - Audax 250 km
The
Alpine Classic has been know throughout the cycling community as truly of the hardest and best organised mass cycling events in Australia. Last year the maximum distance was 200km, this year an extra 50 km has been added to keep the riders at their limits.
Taking place in the Alpine area of Victoria around Bright with climbs in excess of 10% !
Audax the organisers, is a great group organising cycling events with no time limits, with riders completing the event in their own time.
Hammer Nutrition has become involved to ensure that cyclist have the best possible nutrition available to finish the event.
Perpetuem is sure to be the favourite fuel of choice !
Gerard Donnelly Joins the Hammer Team
Gerard Donnelly for a few will bring back Memories of the 1988 Australian Ironman at Forster.
He won it and continued to race successfully around the country for the next few years competing in over 100 Triathlons.
He retired in the early 1990's and did nothing much until 2004 when he decided to take up bike racing. The major race on his calender was the
Baw Baw Classic, a 100 km race, described as one of the most gruelling road races in Australia with average speeds less than 30km for the elite. To finish the race they have a 6km climb at 12%. The Sun Tour raced there once and never came back.
Gerard raced this for 3 years on really bad nutrition, with a phone call coming to me in late 2006 to discuss nutrition. In 2007 & 8 Gerard totally changed his nutrition with great success finishing 2nd and 3rd in the Masters Category.
He described his changes;
" I decided to re enter the 2007 Baw Baw classic, but this time I was armed with what I thought was the missing link, my nutrition! The result was AMAZING. Although I only finished second, the contrast in the way I felt and performed was truly miraculous. My overall ride time was over 40 min quicker and the time for the climb alone was 28 min quicker than in 2004.I carried no food in my pockets, only 2 hammer gels.I used 2 biddons of
Heed and
Perpetuem for the entire 4 hour race. Since that day I have been training and racing with all the hammer products, including
Recoverite as post race recovery drink and endurolyte tablets which have fixed my cramping issue. I took our training group to listen to Steve Born when he came to Melbourne and it was the best 2 hours of information that any one of them had ever heard regarding nutrition and sport.
Many of my training partners are all now using the hammer products and on some of our longer training rides we often comment, when we see riders reaching into their pockets( for who knows what), that within the next half hour they will be hitting the wall and we are generally right."
It's great to see Gerard back racing after years off, and just goes to show how important nutrition can be !
Cheers
David
Legendary Ride Create 3 Legends
Okay, okay - all you guys who think you're legends, listen up.
We have some real legends in our midst!
Chris Fryer, Brian Scarborough and
Malcolm Robertson completed the Legends Ride last Saturday.
The Legends relax
The lads used
Perpetuem as their main fuel, with selective use of
Hammer Gels.
Here's How You Become A LegendThe Legends Victor Harbor Ride follows the
Heysen Trail and alternate roads from
Mylor to Victor Harbor and back.
It includes Myponga Conservation Park through which bikes cannot be ridden, so 2 x 40min-1hr hike a bike.
Ride profile - Click to make it larger is 230km.
Only 3 other riders achieved have ever achieved
Legend status 1 years ago:
- Mick Tagell
- Andrew Nicholson
- Dave Martini.
Legend has it that they started from
Mylor on a Sat at 5am and despite getting lost on the way back finished at 2am the next morning.
The Rules For Becoming A Legend1. The route must be completed by riders wanting to
become a Legend.2. Wannabe Legends must
declare themselves prior to the start.
Only Wannabes of similar potential ability will be accepted, as the best chance of success lies with a group covering the route together.
3. Wannabes as a group will
set the ride pace equal to the slowest. All Wannabes will assist other Wannabes to complete the route until such time as a Wannabe withdraws.
4. All riders must have their own
phone a friend plan
5. All riders need to
cater for themselves with the usual lights, spares, nutrition etc, although other riders will always assist in an emergency
6. Witnesses may join in for any sections but must be self sufficient for everything including having a map and/or knowing the route, and accept that the above pace will apply
2009 Ride Statistics- Start 5am and finish 11:27 pm = 18 hours 26 min 41 secs (includes all stops)
- 229.2 kms
- 4300m climbing
- Track was rated as Dead ie bottom bracket deep puddles, boggy, muddy, cow shit etc
- No rain but overcast. Slight south-westerly breeze.
To put that sort of ride into perspective, I spoke with our
across Australia cycling champ Jack Sinclair.
Jack's biggest day was 260 km and he said it was dead flat with a very stiff breeze at his back. He took 12 hours to do that.
So this ride truly is legendary!
Cheers
David
Labels: Legends Victor Harbor Ride
Great New Cycling gear
Check this clothing out !
We have just landed the latest
Hammer Cycling and Tri Suits, which is some of the best quality and comfortable gear I have ever used. The new seasons colours are fantastic.
What's even better, is that what would normally cost $100 + is being sold for $55.00
Only while stocks last.
Enjoy
David
1 minute over 2 days of racing !
After 2 days of Cycling, running and Kayaking he came up 60 seconds short of eventual winner
Luke Haines of Victoria. Having up to a 4 minute lead in the last leg, his fitness level not being quiet as good as he wanted Luke eventually passed him. But a great result and more than enough motivation to come back next year, bigger and better.
Great New Trail running & MTB Venue
This a great story about a brand new MTB and Trail Running Venue. Read about
it hereBrothers Leigh and Tony Oloman and their wives Helena and Justine have been riding MTB for the past 20 years, so they decided to create a purpose built course on their property.
They put in the hours on their own back hoe, with the fruits of their labor being a great new venue.
Their 1 st event will be a 6 hr trail running event on the 27th September, followed by a 6 hr MTB event onthe 18th October.
People are going to be hearing and competing at this great venue for years to come.
We would suggest that those who would like to get on the inaugural event get in soon, as entries will be limited.
Good luck to the Oloman families !
