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Harng Goh wrote:
I've tried Staminade a few times, and always end up with the same problem - it doesn't seem to mix properly. Maybe it's something to do with my bottles, my shaking technique (is it up down up down, or up down left right? Hey, sounds like a Tekken move) or how the water comes out of the tap in my kitchen, but it always gets stuck in a big lump at the bottom of the bottle. I then have to break up said big lump and shake for 5 minutes until the little lumps finally dissolve. I finished the tub and switched back to Gatorade. Figuring I might have had a dodgy batch, I try the Staminade again with the same result. What am I doing wrong?? put the water in the bottle first |
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Artoi wrote:
In article .com, "Bleve" wrote: I use staminade, you can get it from stupormarkets (get the powder, or if it's the liquid, check that it has magnesium in it). Second Staminade. Get two or three containers when it goes on sale at your local supermarket. I only use it for long weekend rides and don't usually mix it to full strength. -- ditto. i've been using it for about 3 years. great stuff, not as sweet as the premixed ones. |
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Peter wrote:
Harng Goh wrote: I've tried Staminade a few times, and always end up with the same problem - it doesn't seem to mix properly. Maybe it's something to do with my bottles, my shaking technique (is it up down up down, or up down left right? Hey, sounds like a Tekken move) or how the water comes out of the tap in my kitchen, but it always gets stuck in a big lump at the bottom of the bottle. I then have to break up said big lump and shake for 5 minutes until the little lumps finally dissolve. I finished the tub and switched back to Gatorade. Figuring I might have had a dodgy batch, I try the Staminade again with the same result. What am I doing wrong?? put the water in the bottle first Ha! I has to be the most simple thing that I haven't though of, doesn't it? It doesn't happen with the Gatorade though. What gives? |
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"OzCableguy" wrote: Can anyone recommend a good electrolyte drink powder that I can mix up into a biddon, is easy to get hold of, works, tastes ok and doesn't cost the earth? The advice about Staminade is spot on but I will add my advice as a user for many years for cycling and ultrarunning. Go for the Staminade concentrate 750ml bottle. It is a dark/emerald green and is lemon/lime fusion flavour. It makes preparing your drink so easy as it dilutes 1:4 (although I am happy to use it at the rate of 1:5 when I am drinking it all day) I think the 750ml concentrate cost around $3.00 - $3.50 so it works out at $1.00/litre. It does contain magnesium salt. Powders are a PITA. They are difficult to mix and must be kept very dry. The Staminade concentrate used to be reasonably easy to get in both Woolies and Coles but has become quite hard to source since both Woolies and Coles began to reduce the number of line items on their shelves. I have not seen any for a couple of months now (I buy multiple bottles any time I see it at the supermarket) but suggest you contact the company that makes it http://www.steric.com.au and force them to tell you where you can but it in your location. The other thing that I do is to reuse the Staminade 750ml bottles to hold the diluted Staminade for two reasons: 1. It is made from PET and therefore indestructible. 2. It will not leave a Staminade taste in the plastic like ordinary bidons do. The only drawback is that the concentrate bottle has a screwtop rather than a bidon top but you will get used to that. regards, Darryl |
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On Mar 19, 4:35 pm, Darryl C wrote:
In article , "OzCableguy" wrote: Can anyone recommend a good electrolyte drink powder that I can mix up into a biddon, is easy to get hold of, works, tastes ok and doesn't cost the earth? The advice about Staminade is spot on but I will add my advice as a user for many years for cycling and ultrarunning. Go for the Staminade concentrate 750ml bottle. It is a dark/emerald green and is lemon/lime fusion flavour. It makes preparing your drink so easy as it dilutes 1:4 (although I am happy to use it at the rate of 1:5 when I am drinking it all day) I think the 750ml concentrate cost around $3.00 - $3.50 so it works out at $1.00/litre. It does contain magnesium salt. I think the addition of magnesium salt to the concentrate is a recent thing, I remember checking it a few years ago and it did not contain magnesium salt. It was always in the power though. Thus, check the list of ingredients. |
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"Bleve" wrote in message oups.com... On Mar 19, 10:02 am, "OzCableguy" wrote: Can anyone recommend a good electrolyte drink powder that I can mix up into a biddon, is easy to get hold of, works, tastes ok and doesn't cost the earth? I use staminade, you can get it from stupormarkets (get the powder, or if it's the liquid, check that it has magnesium in it). You can mix your own which is a lot cheaper, but a bit of ****-farting around. Gatorade and Powerade don't have magnesium (and I prefer the taste of staminade, *and* staminade's Australian, if you care, the others are coke and cadbury-schweppes). Endura etc are more expensive and harder to get hold of. I tried Staminade after I read your ABOC website about it, I found the artificial sweetener did not work good for me, a few teaspoons of sugar or mixed it with Gatorade seemed to work a bit better for me. |
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DaveB wrote:
Bleve wrote: I use staminade, you can get it from stupormarkets (get the powder, or if it's the liquid, check that it has magnesium in it). You can mix your own which is a lot cheaper, but a bit of ****-farting around. Gatorade and Powerade don't have magnesium What's the relevance of magnesium? I've always used Powerade because I prefer the taste over some of the others but never looked that closely at the contents. It's an electrolyte. It's what plants crave. [http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=11594] (basically Mg2+ helps your body use the other electrolytes more efficiently ) Russ. |
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In article .com,
"Harng Goh" wrote: I've tried Staminade a few times, and always end up with the same problem - it doesn't seem to mix properly. Maybe it's something to do with my bottles, my shaking technique (is it up down up down, or up down left right? Hey, sounds like a Tekken move) or how the water comes out of the tap in my kitchen, but it always gets stuck in a big lump at the bottom of the bottle. I then have to break up said big lump and shake for 5 minutes until the little lumps finally dissolve. I finished the tub and switched back to Gatorade. Figuring I might have had a dodgy batch, I try the Staminade again with the same result. What am I doing wrong?? You don't do any cooking at home do you? Ever made a cake? Like any mix powder, a bit of hot/warm water to dissolve the powder and then top it up with cold water. -- |
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"OzCableguy" wrote: Awesome! Thanks everyone. I'll give the staminade a go and fall back on the nuun if I don't get the results I need. I've been getting regular cramps this last week so hopefully this'll put a stop to it. It helps, but it's no magic bullet to properly trained muscle. Don't forget those pre- and post-ride stretches. -- |
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