Saved by the gel
‘Energy gels deliver carbohydrate to the muscles via the stomach and bloodstream,’ says Richard Samuel of fitness consultancy and sports nutrition brand Torq Fitness. ‘Carbohydrate is the preferred fuel during exercise to support high-intensity performance. The trouble is, it’s held in limited supply within the human body, and when it runs out we bonk.’
Bonking – or hypoglycaemia, to give it its less titillating name – happens when
