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Open DIY endurance-fueling tools

Mix your own carbs, and train your gut to use more.

Two free, evidence-based tools for endurance athletes who'd rather understand their fueling than buy it. The math is shown; the papers are cited. No accounts.

Mixing calculator

Make your own fuel

Turn a target and the bottles you ride with into a per-carrier recipe: grams, concentration, sodium placement, drinking schedule.

90 g/h · 3 h · 2:1 270 g
  • table sugar183 g
  • maltodextrin92 g

Open the calculator

Gut-training planner

Train your gut

A week-by-week plan to raise the carbs per hour your gut absorbs, with an honest feasibility check that refuses unrealistic timelines.

30 → 110 g/h · 10 weeks

Build a plan

Built on the research

Glucose:fructose ratios (Hearris 2022), gut adaptation (Costa 2023) and transporter limits (Jeukendrup 2017). Every recommendation is sourced, not asserted. See the methodology →

Learn the ingredients

Ingredient reference → Eight DIY staples: composition, osmolarity, sourcing, sources cited.

Glossary → Plain-English on g/h, osmolality, % w/v and the rest.

Brand specs → Carbs, glucose:fructose ratio and sodium for popular gels and mixes, from the labels.

Mixed from pantry staples, a DIY drink costs a fraction of branded gels, a side-benefit of doing it yourself, not the point. Educational tool, not medical advice.