EatMyRide: Sports & Nutrition

Had a few questions regarding my sweat test, connectivity with strava and interoperability with wahoo. “Contact us” lead me to WhatsApp and I didn’t have high hopes of hearing back. They got back to me immediately. Walked me through my questions and just generally had great insight/feedback. I used this once so far to fuel for a 40mi ride & I PR’ed the ride. This could be improved by synching to iOS health app which has a lot of the data you enter manually here. Figuring out the interoperability with Wahoo similar to what they do with Garmin would be game changer. Opening up to other food apps such as carb manager or others out there to avoid having to load food into two separate apps.

The EatMyRide tool has elevated the quality of my training to another level. It has left me with the feeling of “ I wish I had found this sooner”. It is very simple to setup using the Garmin IQ app and your garmin device. It displays real time insight to how you are fueling your training and races that can be customized to match your needs. It has allowed me to execute fueling strategies to the gram and better understand nutrition periodization as a whole. The app is easy to use and analyze your fueling afterwards. The app has some really interesting features such as the personal metabolism, glycogen, and race ready metrics that will evolve when given enough personal data that will become even more beneficial.

Under fueling rides or wrong food choices pre, during or post rides are common mistakes I see with many athletes I coach. Even the national and state champions. Under fueling (especially carbs) is a main contributor when i see athletes not making the anticipated gains from their hard work in training. The carb/fat burn rates in this app are spot on with metabolic lab tests I have for athletes. I love that the planned workouts in TraningPeaks seamlessly migrate into the EatMyRide app for athletes to then know how much of what to eat to fuel their training. I just need to use the workout builder feature in TP and EatMyRide does the rest. Athletes can also use Strava routes, enter a few ballpark estimates and accurate fueling recommendations pop up. Most common nutrition logging apps are sound for team sports or weightlifting where energy burn is much lower than for the volume cyclists need to train. These apps fall short for endurance athletes - especially cyclists - as far as energy needs in my experience. I am excited to be able to add this tool to better help athletes as we start to think about our 2023 goals of more championships.