In the corridors of professional sports facilities, amateur marathon starting lines, and cycling pelotons worldwide, a small, portable packet has revolutionised the way athletes fuel their performance ...

Do you ever lose your luster halfway through a long workout? That's because intense, prolonged exercise can cause your body to run out of glycogen. This form of glucose is an essential source of ...

The best energy gels for cycling can boost your rides, races and workouts and keep the dreaded bonk away ...

If you’ve ever felt suddenly drained of energy on a long run or bike ride, you’ve likely hit the wall — a phrase that endurance athletes use to refer to what happens when your muscles use up all of ...

Running energy gels are one of those things every distance runner knows about. On half marathons, marathons, and anything longer, these compact, easily digestible packets provide a quick boost of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new study published in Human Kinetics Journals found that many popular energy gels contain ...

Energy gels are good source of race fuel. Here are the 13 best running gels according to a running coach, broken down into different categories for all runners. The post 13 Best Running Gels: From ...

A team of scientists at the University of Illinois discovered a new peak performance food that’s more at home during Thanksgiving dinner than it is on the roadside during the Tour De France. You may ...

Question: I want to increase my long run mileage from the 13 to 15-mile range to 18-20 miles. I have never used energy gels but feel like I need to ingest something on these longer runs. Normally, I ...

“Mmmm,” Amy Cragg, a marathoner competing in the Rio Olympics for the U.S., once tweeted about the chocolate raspberry flavor of GU (pronounced “goo”), an energy gel. “Tastes like frosting!” For Cragg ...

“You’re hooked,” my fiancé would say every time I came home from a trip to my local running store with a heap of energy gels. “It’s not goo,” I would tell him. It’s gel. I thought he was just gel-ous ...