Originally Posted by
rubiksoval
Are there any diet issues that need addressing? I don't get sore very often, so when I do I up the protein (and have an extra scoop of whey before bed) for a few days and it seems to help a lot.
Nothing that I can really pinpoint. Despite my age (34) I suffer greatly from slow recovery, muscle soreness, and early onset cramping, and nothing nutritionally has ever had any real effect on it. Now, that being said, for about a month prior to this episode I had been experimenting with pure table salt in my bottles for the cramping, but I suspect that any harm I would have done there would be blood pressure-related, not fatigue. I will say though, on that ride noted in the OP, I was covered in salt within 45 minutes, versus the 3-4 hour mark that I usually start seeing salt build-up, which I felt particularly odd.