Ryan Collins World Record Ultracyclist & Nutritional Physiologist - fueling every 48mins & 10 secs, 8.5hr indoor rides and how to experiment with your fueling

The Supersapiens Podcast

We’re talking to Ryan Collins from Maryland in the US. In 2017, Ryan was invited to the Olympic training center in a bid to make it to the Olympics but an accident with a car ended that dream. His dedication through surgery then rehab saw him come back to win the USA 12-hour TT national championships and setting an age group record in the World Time Trial Championship. In 2020 he held three World Records: 6hr, 100k, 200k & broke the maryland cross state record Nth to Sth by over 2hrs.in 2022 Ryan set the 12hr continental record and won12hr national and international titles. Ryan Holds an MBA and is a nutritional physiologist.

2:00 – David’s London Marathon training
5:00 – Strava chat – Xylon making too many events
5:44 – Xylon’s training
8:35 – Community shoutouts
18:06 – Episode starts
19:07 – What is a Nutritional Physiologist?
19:33 – How did Ryan come to use Supersapiens?
21:04 – What else aside from Supersapiens has caught Ryan’s eye from a nutritional trend point of view?
22:10 – How Ryan built his own sports nutrition drink
23:38 – What is in Ryan’s sports nutrition drink?
24:07 – What is Ryan’s nutrition strategy for his different events; 6hr, 12hr, 100km
25:00 – How many carbohydrates does Ryan take per hour?
25:50 – Why does Ryan use liquids only during a 6hr event?
26:58 – How did Ryan use Supersapiens to dial in his nutrition for his different events?
32:20 – When did Ryan start cycling?
36:57 – How much cycling was Ryan doing once he was allowed back on the bike post-accident?
38:33 – How did Ryan’s accident happen?
40:13 – What was the year between 12hr efforts like for Ryan?
41:42 – What was the trajectory like post 12hr world record?
43:40 – What are Ryan’s 2023 goals?
45:01 – What does Ryan’s mental preparation for his events look like?
49:10 – How does Ryan make his work his travel and training work?
51:55 – What does Ryan do for work?
52:35 – What community work does Ryan do?
54:40 – What drives Ryan to want to do some much community work?
55:36 – What does a training week look like for Ryan?
57:49 – How many hours a week does Ryan train?
58:11 – How long is the longest time Ryan has spent on a bike trainer?
59:00 – Does Ryan do short explosive work in his training?
61:29 – What are the biggest learnings Ryan has taken from using Supersapiens?
66:55 – What did Ryan change his pre-workout fuel to?
68:35 – How much rice does Ryan go through in a week?
69:43 – How Ryan uses live glucose visibility specifically
71:30 – Rush Round
82:43 – OutroScientific Study using Supersapiens Mentioned in Intro - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17461391.2023.2174452
Article Ryan Mentions - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33772787/
Ryan’s Rice Cake Recipe - https://ryancwix.wixsite.com/racetothetop/post/the-ultimate-rice-cake