How Much Does Alcohol Affect Your Cycling Performance? The Science

The post ride beer is a common tradition amongst cyclists but how does drinking that beer affect your cycling performance and recovery? I dive into the science to find out as well as address whether or not drinking leads to weight gain and does a little alcohol here and there really make a difference.

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The studies I used in this video:
https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00115.2003

https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article-abstract/26/5-6/505/138341

https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpendo.1999.277.2.e268

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1357272500000819

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1440244009000036

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/20/2/56.abstract

https://accp1.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1552-4604.1993.tb03933.x

https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/44/3/278/177871

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/acer.12006

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/77/5/1312/4689849

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408360590913542

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1038/oby.2004.175

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