Hydration with different beverages and their impact on performance in a raid of two hours of spinning

Abstract

The Spinning is an activity that is performed on a bicycle to the beat. While this type of activity is not related to sporting performance, and because of the nature of bicycles used are not known areas such as power, speed or distance in a class or longer raids. Furthermore, the hydration during physical activity is an important component especially in activities over an hour. It was the purpose of this research to quantify the performance across the distance in a two-hour spinning raid and determine the effect of different beverages on hydration and performance. 10 subjects (5 males and 5 females) were subjected to 4 two hours spinning raid spaced 7 days each. Drinking ad libitum; water, drink with carbohydrates (6%), flavored water (without calories) and water again. The average distance from 4 raids was 42.05 ± 1.68 km. The distance for the first raid was 40.62 ± 4.37 km, for the second raid was 44.31 ± 4.02 km, for the third raid was 42.34 ± 4.66 km, and for the fourth raid was 40.93 ± 3.97 km. There was significant difference between the 1st and 2 ° raid (p <0.05) and between 2 ° and 4 ° raid (p <0.05). There was no significant difference in heart rate average of 4 raids. In conclusion, in a spinning two hours raid, consume a drink with carbohydrate improves performance, as assessed by the distance travelled, compared to the intake of water alone.