WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WEIGHT

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDS) remains one of the most serious problems affecting riders' performance and long-term health. While awareness has improved, the culture of the sport still too often pulls riders toward behaviours that increase the risk of underfuelling.

- JACOB TIPPER

Thankfully, the most extreme low-carb approaches have fallen out of fashion. When managed properly, low-carb training has its place as part of a training block, but these strategies often act as a gateway that encourage athletes to restrict calories more broadly in the search to improve that all-important power-to-weight ratio. The Tour de l'Avenir provided a recent example.