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Triathlon Training Shortcut: SportLegs

Elite triathletes know their biggest challenge isn’t so much the race, it’s training. Swimming, cycling and running are all tests of Lactate Threshold, your point of ultimate exertion, going as hard as you can when you collide with the agony of Lactic Acidosis, The Burn. Lactate Threshold is a key fitness metric. And the only way to boost Lactate Threshold is training time, right? Balancing time for even two training sessions a day around your serious day job is the real test. What if there was a legal way to boost Lactate Threshold faster than training?

"My University of Washington Sports Physiology professors say the idea behind SportLegs is ingenious, and we can’t understand why somebody didn’t try this sooner." -triathlete Cameron Chesnut, Post Falls, Idaho

Developed by a triathlete
SportLegs was developed by a Southern California triathlete battling the same training time limitation as you. He reasoned the revolutionary new Lactate Shuttle science might hold an answer. Trading training time for late-night research at UCLA, he discovered a legal shortcut. The first clue from isotope tracer research showed training mainly boosts lactate muscle fuel clearance from muscles, suggesting training helps balance muscle fuel supply and demand. Further research showed how to accomplish the same effect as training in minutes, not months: Blood lactate concentration controls lactate production in the first place. Taking SportLegs’ fast-acting lactate blend a half-hour before exercise raises blood lactate just enough to give your muscles less excess lactate to “clear” in the first place.

Take SportLegs. Perform like you trained an extra month in only half an hour



Escape From Alcatraz Triathletes first try SportLegs on race day:
SportLegs makes a difference fast, so the effect is easy to notice. We first shared samples with triathletes at San Francisco’s famous Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon. Most tucked their samples away to try later. But a surprising number tried them for the first time on race day. After finishing, many beelined to our expo booth on San Francisco’s waterfront Marina Green. “Whoa! I just beat last year’s time by 18 minutes!” said the first to arrive. “Fifteen minutes faster!” said another. A big fellow wearing a Hammer Nutrition walked over from the Hammer booth next door to listen. “Sixteen minutes!” came the next boast. “Gotcha beat,” said the next guy. “An even twenty minutes faster.” Another athlete asked, “So, with SportLegs, can I give up using Hammer Endurolytes?” The Hammer guy’s eyes locked with mine before I turned to the athlete. “Not a chance,” I said. “SportLegs isn’t an electrolyte supplement like Endurolytes. SportLegs raises Lactate Threshold, so you can go harder, longer before the burn, if you hit it at all. If you’re using SportLegs, you should increase your intake of Endurolytes.” As the athlete turned away, the Hammer guy stepped forward, flashing a smile you could have seen from Alcatraz. “Hi,” he rumbled. “I’m Brian Frank, President of Hammer Nutrition. I believe we’re going to get along just fine.” True story.

How will SportLegs transform your triathlon?

The Swim
Have you ever gone out too hard in the swim, and experienced whole-body lactic acid that made every stroke such agony you wanted to just sink to the bottom? Taking SportLegs a half-hour before your wave start helps keep that ugly nightmare from happening.

The Bike
Although it’ll be a little early for your second dose of SportLegs, getting one down your throat early is smart insurance for a burn-free bike segment. In fact, that second dose, and even a third dose near the end is smart preparation for Transition 2…

The Run
Here's where SportLegs makes its biggest contribution for triathlon. Without SportLegs, exiting Transition 2 is where your big, heavy, lactic acid-filled legs typically feel like heavy logs, seemingly incapable of the speed you need for this segment. With SportLegs, your legs feel noticeably lighter and faster. You feel, “Hey, I’ve got this!” and you can shoulder past the unfortunates who haven’t learned about SportLegs yet. This is likely where you’ll realize why your so-called buddies “forgot” to tell you about SportLegs.

PRO TIP: SportLegs helps you train safer two ways:

1) It shortens your training time, so you subject your body to less repetitive stress.

2) It minimizes lactic acid, your primary source of pain, without pain relievers. You stay more sensitive to any early warning signs of injury.

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