[Brandt]

Brandt on September 27, 2022 at 2:23 pm · in reply to: Mountaineering with Celiac Disease and Ulcerative Colitis #71074

Hey Charlie, Sorry this is delayed so long from your original post. I haven’t been on the forums in a while. I can’t completely relate to what you are going through, but as someone close to having full-blown irritable bowel, here are my suggestions.

Suggestions for right now would be to travel with people that care about you and your condition. Carry with you and only eat the food you should be eating for your condition. Be sure to bring a few healthy treats so when your friends are eating sugary food by the case, you will also have something. Also, zip locks and travel Cottonelle wet wipes changed my life in the backcountry.

As for long-term suggestions, Symprove.com, out of the UK, is a liquid probiotic that completely cured me of any bowel issues. You must follow the directions, and every morning before you eat or drink anything, take two shots of the stuff and wait 10 minutes (I wait for 12 to be sure) before you eat or drink anything else. I double the dosage when I take an antibiotic and haven’t been eating as I should. Hey, nobody is perfect. 🙂 As with all things Uphill Athlete, this is not a quick fix, I’ve been taking it on and off for several years, and it’s expensive. I wish I has taken double doses for six months or so to start. For me and my bowels and from what I understand of the microbiome research sugar is the devil for people with bowel issues. It feeds the bad biome that overruns and kills the good biome.

Anyway do your research and give it a try.

Good luck to you, let me know if you have any more detailed questions.

Brandt

[Brandt]

Brandt on January 31, 2018 at 3:03 pm · in reply to: Training Volume in Transition Phase #7868

Hi Scott, interesting that you are tracking your recovery activities. Are you doing that in Training Peaks and seeing your ATL drop?

How do you differentiate it from your training hours?

I’ve been trying to more accurately track and adjust my TSS to keep track of CTL and ATL in Training Peaks and compare it to how I’m actually feeling. In a couple of weeks I will be starting a Recovery Period and tracking these recovery activities would help to keep my TP numbers as correct as possible.

Also, what types of recovery activities are you tracking? Is this typically anything with a “Recovery” heart rate and is there a good rule of thumb for determining a recovery heart rate?
My Garmin gives me a rate at the end of each activity but Scott Johnston has turned me into a skeptic when it comes to Garmin heart rate algorithms.

Thanks!
Brandt