The dials
This is the part of the docs that pays for itself. Learn how Saturday turns a fueling target into a real, drinkable plan, and you’ll be able to answer your athletes’ nutrition questions yourself — or never field them at all, because their Setup already does the right thing.The goal: empower your athletes. Saturday does the sports-science math so you don’t have to. This curriculum teaches you the model behind it — enough that fueling stops being a stream of one-off questions and becomes something you’ve already handled.
How Saturday turns targets into bottles
Saturday calculates an athlete’s per-hour targets — carbohydrate, sodium, fluid — from their profile and the session. Then it translates those targets into a bottle-by-bottle, hour-by-hour plan the athlete can actually execute. Four dials shape that translation:Bottling — fill & mix
How targets become real bottles (carriage → consumption).
Gluc:fruc ratio
Why the carb blend matters as much as the carb amount.
Eco-mode vs products
Mix your own, or buy branded — and when each wins.
The Setup
Where all four dials live, and how you adjust them.
How to read each topic
Every dial page uses the same scannable shape, so you can skim or dive:- What it is — the dial in one breath.
- When to turn it — the situations that call for a change.
- What changes for the athlete — the concrete effect on their plan.
- The question it answers — the athlete question you’ll stop having to field.
The 30-second version
| Dial | In one line |
|---|---|
| Bottling — fill & mix | How much goes in each bottle and how often the athlete drinks. |
| Gluc:fruc ratio | The sugar blend that lets an athlete absorb more carbs without GI trouble. |
| Eco-mode vs products | Mix from staples (cheap, flexible) or use branded products (precise, convenient). |
| The Setup | The one place every dial lives — read it, adjust it, it syncs to the athlete instantly. |