Fuel guide

When to take it.

During. But here is the detail: where one Blade fits in a session, a work day, and a freezer.

During. But here is the detail.

Warm-up Water. Nothing clever.
Mid-session Blade thawed on the go, 18 g while you work
Cool-down Water, electrolytes if it was hot.
Post-training A Blade or a meal. Blade fills the window everything else misses.
Warm-up Water
Mid-session A Blade
Cool-down Water, electrolytes
Post-training Blade or a meal

The during window

The layer your carbs can't cover.

Gels and drinks handle the carbohydrate you burn during a session. They do nothing for the protein you are breaking down at the same time, and nothing for iron. Blade is the layer that sits on top: fast protein and micronutrients, taken during, so recovery starts before you stop.

Before

Carbs, topped up

A normal meal or your usual pre-session carbohydrate. Blade is not a pre-workout; it does not need timing.

During ← the window

Blade

18 g of fast, complete protein plus 6 mg iron, going in while you move. The layer gels and carb drinks leave out.

After

A head start

Because the protein went in during, the recovery window is already open when you finish. Eat when you are hungry, not because a clock says so.

The one honest caveat: Blade does not replace your carbohydrate fuelling on long or hard days. It sits alongside it.

The layer carbs can't cover

Gels handle the carbohydrate you burn. Blade handles the protein and iron you break down at the same time, taken during so recovery starts before you stop. It sits alongside your carbs, not instead of them.

By day type

Long ride, 2 h +

Leave frozen, straight to the bottle cage. Drinkable by hour one, cold to the last.

Long ride: frozen to the bottle cage, drinkable by hour one.

Gym hour

Fridge-thawed the night before. Sip between sets, done before the shower.

Desk day

Out of the freezer at 7, ready by 10. Protein and iron before the 3pm wall books a meeting.

Desk day: out at 7, ready by 10, ahead of the 3pm wall.

Race or travel day

Two frozen in a soft cooler: one for the session, one for the drive home.

Long ride: frozen to the bottle cage, drinkable by hour one.

Desk day: out at 7, ready by 10, ahead of the 3pm wall.

Storage: freezer until best before, fridge 14 days from thaw.

Good with you for the day, just keep it out of direct sunlight. The one thing to avoid is letting it sit hot for hours.

Storage 101

Freezer: until best beforeFridge: 14 days from thawIn the pocket: the session

Good with you for the day, just keep it out of direct sunlight. The one thing to avoid is letting it sit hot for hours.