Week 1 with PureSport

So I took a week off to househunt and train for my first upcoming race back here in Canada. While I did not have any luck with the offers I put in on homes (others beat my price) I did have great success with my week of dedicated training.

As I had posted earlier last week I have taken on a new sponsor in the sports supplement category with www.puresport.us , and was going to keep some detailed notes as to its effectiveness. I have to admit i got very excited the first few days of training, but resisted the temptation to post right away. I did this with the hopes of gathering a full weeks worth of data to have a diverse results to post.

So this week was a SOLID training week that would have been impossible with out the aid of supplements to help rebuild for each coming day. The workouts were long and at times arduous, and I am sure i would have given up on many of them without support. Here is a quick and dirty outline of what I did:

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Saturday
Morning
2.0 hr baseline ride
Evening
1.0 hr Chest max weight
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Sunday
Morning
1.0 hr run
Evening
1.5 hr Arms endurance weights
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Monday
Morning
1.5 hr interval ride
Evening
1.0 hr Back power weights
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Tuesday
Morning
1.0 hr active recovery ride
Evening
1.5 hr Shoulders range of motion weights
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Wednesday
Morning
2.0 hr baseline ride
Evening
Yoga
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Thursday
Morning
1.5 hr VO2Max ride
Evening
1.5 hr Back reverse pyramids
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Friday
Morning
2.0 hill ride
Evening
1.5 hr Chest incrementing pyramids to burnout
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So, what did I find with using PureSport product? Let me see if i can summarize by splitting it up into the two products I used......

Workout drink mix - This blend supersedes pure carbohydrate base drinks by a longshot. While on my long baseline rides, or VO2Max days I calculated a gain of 18 - 23 % increased time in my heartratezone. This is a significant achievement, and anyone who trains seriously knows this is not due to simple human improvement (normally expecting a 2% gain each time). Also the workout formula helps my body keep running without cannibalizing muscle tissue for proteins. Overall great product, and will definitely be kept in my regiment.

Recovery drink mix - Here is the product that is harder to measure in terms of quantitative scientific measures. Most of the effects are simply "how you feel" type observations rather than hard facts. All I can say is that each day when I woke in the morning (and expected to be in pain from the prior days workout) I was relatively chipper and ready to go out of the gate. I believe that the drink helps replace absolutely vital glycogen stores for the next day much faster than any other product I have used to date.


Also had quite a few people asking me what the product was, and where they might be able to get some to try. I think I wight need to talk to my friends in the south to see what plans they have for getting it into Canadian markets, and help them with finding a distributor.

I will post again after another few weeks of training as to how the training is going, and will summarize the training log as to how it is helping out.

PS, did I say how much I love PURESPORT today !
www.puresport.us