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About Hammer Nutrition

Chocolate Foot has chosen Hammer Nutrition products to ensure that every rider has access to the best Endurance Sports Nutrition available. Choice of event nutrition is extremely important - no event organiser wants riders suffering during their event.

Hammer Nutrition is at the cutting edge of Sports Nutrition. Hammer has focused on making products using only ingredients which we believe are of benefit to the athlete. This means that our products contain no added simple sugars, colourings, preservatives and anything which is harmful to the rider’s performance.

Athlete Nutritional Education is extremely important to us. We strongly believe in not only selling you the best Endurance fuels, but also backing that up with the best athlete nutritional Education and advice service in Australia.

Hammer makes FREE, the services of one of the worlds leading Sports Nutrition Experts, Steve Born, the author of the endurance athlete's bible, the "Endurance Athlete's Guide to Success". All athletes would see great benefit in reading this booklet. Please feel free to email any questions about your sports nutrition to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . It's a sevice we have been offering for 20 years and have solved many an issue.

Competitor Discount

All Chocolate Foot event supporters can purchase Hammer Products at a 12% discount on the Hammer Nutrition website. Purchase the products online then proceed to the checkout cart. Insert the code CHOC FOOT into the coupon section, check out, and your discount will be applied.

Course Nutrition

Hammer will be supplying its world famous H.E.E.D. (High Energy Electrolyte Drink) Official course drink. HEED is known for its extremely subtle taste and ease of consumption, using only complex carbohydrates and no simple sugars, with a full spectrum of electrolytes, making it the perfect fuel.

Endurance athletes who are looking for a more endurance fuel source should also consider, Perpetuem. Known for its everlasting fuel mix of carbs, protein and lipids, its reputation amongst endurance athletes is for providing a rock solid fuel for events lasting greater than 4 hours!

How to Fuel Your Body for a 4-8 hour + MTB race

1. Keep fluid intake during exercise between 550-800/ml per hour.
2. Keep calorie consumption to a maximum of 300 cal / hour. (1260 kj/ Hr)
3. Measure exactly what calories/kj you are consuming. Taking too much can be worse than not enough!
4. Separate your hydration from your nutrition on the bike to stop confusion
5. Only consume complex carbohydrates until the last 20-30 minutes of the run.
6. Use some form of extra electrolyte supplementation. The longer and hotter your event the more you will need this.

Your Nutrition Plan for a MTB Race

Hammer recommends using either H.E.E.D or Perpeutem in combination with HammerGel and Endurolytes.

Option 1. Perpetuem

• Perpetuem. Some may prefer this. If so use a 4 hour bottle and place approx 7-8 scoops (see directions on quantity) in the bottle. Divide the bottle into 4 and consume 1/4 of a bottle/hour. Pre-mix bottle night before and keep in fridge.
• Take 550-800ml water per hour.
• Add 1-3 Endurolytes / hour. Repeat every hour on bike.
• Perpetuem is a total fuel - you will not need to fuel with anything else.

Option 2. HEED - Gels

• Start with 1 bottle HEED (2 scoops – 200 calories) drink 1 before exchanging bottles.
• Also take 1 HammerGel. Total Calories = 300 max.
• Add 1-3 Endurolytes / hour. Repeat for 2nd hour on bike.
• 3rd hour take 2 HammerGels per hour.
• Add 1-3 Endurolytes.

When finished refuel within 20-30 minutes with Recoverite (2-3 scoops)

Your FREE Personal Nutrition Advice

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