Torq Fueled Education / fueling

With platforms like Zwift and advanced smart trainers, indoor cycling has evolved from a last-resort workout to a realistic and demanding training environment. Yet many riders still underestimate their hydration and fueling needs. In this guide, Torq explains how to fuel, hydrate, and recover for effective indoor sessions—so you can train as smart indoors as you do outdoors.

Whether training indoors, or out, this time of year we are increasing the amount of exercise we are doing and with this comes higher sweat rates and the need to maintain our hydration.

Are you confused about the technical words nutrition companies use to describe the merits of their products? What’s the difference between a Hydration Drink, an Energy Drink and an Energy Gel – they’re all liquids, but how do they differ in their respective functions?

As an athlete or physically active ‘competitive’ person, are you the slightest bit confused as to whether you should be consuming a diet rich in carbohydrate, or restricting carbohydrate intake and leaning more towards fat and protein as your major nutrient sources? There are certainly some mixed messages out there, so we feel that this topic desperately needs to be discussed in a balanced fashion to clear up any ambiguity.