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Ride without overheating

Avoid overheating During exercise, your body temperature increases and in order to limit this ‘pressure-cooker’ effect, the body eliminates heat through sweating. This ensures thermotaxis, meaning the body’s capacity to maintain a constant temperature. In very hot weather the body can lose up to 2 to 3 litres of sweat, and consequently a considerable loss […]

7 tips for managing the last week before a marathon

Marathon D-15 Dominique Chauvelier’s advice While you’ve been doing at least three or four outings a week, it’s time to take a break. Under no circumstances should you consider making up for any lack of training. Your body needs to regenerate and erase all traces of intensive preparation, so you don’t arrive tired on the […]

Learn to descend mountain passes

Material, adjustments, position… Knowing how to go downhill well is first a question of feeling good on your bike and of gaining confidence. From then on, you’ll have to do a quick check of the general state of your bike: brake blocks, cables, tyre wear, tightening… During the technical movement of a descent, your position […]

Energy gels: everything you need to know to understand how they work and how to use them

What are the advantages of OVERSTIM.s energy gels? The gels have many advantages: They provide calories in the form of carbohydrates, which are the main energy source used during a sporting activity to ensure your performance They contain sodium, vitamins and minerals to compensate for mineral losses from sweating They are practical and easy to […]