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Eco-mode vs products

What it is. There are two ways to hit an athlete’s fueling targets. Eco-mode mixes a bottle from staples — table sugar, maltodextrin, a pinch of salt — for a fraction of the cost. Products uses branded gels, drink mixes, and chews, matched from Saturday’s curated database. Both reach the same numbers; they trade off cost, precision, and convenience. When to turn it. Eco-mode for budget-conscious athletes or anyone happy to mix their own. Products for athletes who want plug-and-play convenience or a specific tuned blend. A mix of both is completely fine — eco-mode the long bottles, a gel for the surges. What changes for the athlete. Their cost per hour, how precisely they hit the blend, and how much hands-on mixing they do. The question it answers. “Do I need to buy fancy gels, or can I mix my own?” You flip this in an athlete’s Setup — open one from your roster to switch them between eco-mode and products.

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What you do as a coach

  • Toggle eco-mode by opening the athlete from your roster and tapping Adjust Setup, to switch them between mixing their own and using products. (How the Setup works.)
  • Let Saturday surface products. When products are the right call, Saturday matches specific options from its curated database for the athlete’s targets and ratio.
Never improvise a brand. Product recommendations come only from Saturday’s product matching — it accounts for the athlete’s targets, ratio, and what’s actually available. Don’t hand an athlete a brand name off the top of your head; let Saturday surface the matched options so the recommendation is grounded in their plan.

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Coming soon — recipes and the cost comparison

Coming soon — eco-mode recipes & cost-per-hour

On the way: a step-by-step eco-mode recipe walkthrough, a real cost-per-hour comparison of eco-mode versus products, and guidance on when precision matters enough to switch. In the meantime, open an athlete from your roster to toggle eco-mode for them. Tracked in the coach nutrition curriculum sub-plan.

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