All about Fuel and Ingredients
The ingredients
What's inside every Chase Gel and why.
Maple syrup
Maple syrup primarily contains sucrose, which is broken down in the body into glucose and fructose. As a natural sugar source, it provides quickly available energy, without artificial additives or flavors.
Maltodextrin
Maltodextrin is a complex carbohydrate derived from plant starch and is rapidly broken down into glucose in the digestive tract. This makes it an ideal complement to maple syrup. Together, they enable a higher carbohydrate intake.
Sea salt
Sea salt provides sodium, which you lose through sweating during high exertion. It acts as a "carrier" and ensures that fluids and carbohydrates are absorbed more quickly into the bloodstream.
That's what's behind it.
Why the ratio and quantity are crucial.
Two transport pathways simultaneously: glucose via SGLT1, fructose via GLUT5. This allows for up to 90g of carbs/h instead of just 60g with pure glucose.
A Chase Gel provides ~25g of carbohydrates. The ACSM recommends 30–60g/h for exercise lasting 1–2.5 hours – so one gel every 20–30 minutes.
ENERGY AND YOUR BODY.
Your body has a system. Chase works with it. How energy is created and where Chase comes in. Understand the system. Then you'll understand Chase.
To be efficient, your body needs carbohydrates, which it then converts into energy.
Chase Gel targets the right areas and helps you perform at your best.
Fill memory before starting
15–30 min before exercise
A Chase Gel shortly before exercise specifically replenishes glycogen stores. Those who start with half-full stores have less reserve from the beginning. Gels are ideal because they are low in fiber and easy to digest.
Carbohydrates are ingested
from foods like bread, pasta, or rice
When you eat, for example, bread, pasta, or rice, you consume carbohydrates. They are the body's fastest and most efficient source of energy, your fuel for movement and performance.
The sugar in Chase Gel is perceived in the mouth
Brain activates energy system immediately
Upon first contact with Chase Gel, receptors in the mouth register the sugar and send a signal to the brain. This immediately activates the energy system, even before the gel is digested.
This effect even works with pure mouth rinsing without swallowing, known as "carbohydrate mouth rinsing."
Glucose enters the bloodstream
Energizes muscles & brain
Your body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose, a simple sugar that goes directly into your bloodstream. From there, it provides muscles and the brain with energy for movement, concentration, and performance.
CHASE Gel uses two transport pathways simultaneously
up to 90g of carbs/hr instead of just 60g
The Chase Gel contains glucose and fructose in a 1:0.8 ratio. Glucose is absorbed via SGLT1, and fructose via GLUT5; both transporters work simultaneously.
This allows for the intake of up to 90 g of carbohydrates/hour, instead of only ~60 g with pure glucose.
Excess is stored as glycogen
in muscles & liver – limited to ~75–90 min.
Glucose that is not immediately needed is stored by your body as glycogen in your muscles and liver. These stores are limited and last for about 75–90 minutes at full intensity. After that, performance drops.
CHASE Gel spares your glycogen stores
measurably extends performance
The carbohydrates from Chase Gel are used directly as energy before your body taps into its glycogen stores. This conserves reserves and prolongs performance.
Every 20–30 minutes, a CHASE gel keeps glucose levels stable and measurably delays performance decline.
Glycogen is converted to ATP
the direct fuel for your muscles
As soon as you move, glycogen is converted into ATP (ATP (adenosine triphosphate) – the direct fuel for your muscles), which is the energy that directly powers your muscles. ATP cannot be stored; it must be constantly regenerated.
CHASE Gel delivers ATP replenishment in two waves
Glucose immediately, fructose with a delay
The glucose in CHASE Gel is immediately converted into ATP and is instantly available to your muscles.
Fructose is processed by the liver with a time delay. This ensures a consistent, longer-lasting energy supply.
Performance drops when memory is full
no matter how well trained, no ATP without replenishment
If ATP production is running, your body is running. If your glycogen stores are empty, performance will drop, no matter how fit you are.
CHASE gel prevents performance drops
~25g carbs per gel, every 20-30 min.
With regular CHASE gel intake, the energy supply is maintained – the typical performance slump after 75–90 minutes is delayed or completely prevented.
ACSM recommendation: 30-60 g CHO/h for 1-2.5 hrs, up to 90 g CHO/h for ultra-endurance events. One CHASE Gel provides ~25 g CHO.
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