How to avoid muscular failure
Sports • Marathons & Cross Country
Learn what causes muscular failure and find out if you're giving your body what it needs to perform at its best. Check out this instructional video to learn how to avoid muscular failure with the following tips for racing: don't over-hydrate the day before the race, finish dinner 10 hours before breakfast, drink ten minutes before race starts, wait 8-20 minutes to drink on bike, sip every 8-12 minutes on bike, increase fluid replacement at end of bike, and sip every 4-8 minutes on run. If you can incorporate these tips into your race program, you will be confident that your nutritional plan is covered and you will avoid muscular failure.