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With respect to endurance sports where you will exercise long enough to exhaust glycogen stores, you actually want a mix of fructose and another sugar such as m
by js2 9y ago
With respect to endurance sports where you will exercise long enough to exhaust glycogen stores, you actually want a mix of fructose and another sugar such as maltodextrin.
http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Fructose http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Fructose
http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Nutrient_Timing http://fellrnr.com/wiki/Nutrient_Timing
When you hear a marathon runner refer to hitting the wall, what's happenened is that they've exhausted their glycogen stores.
- noir_lord 9y agoCyclists call it 'the bonk' and it's fucking horrible. It's like been incredibly drunk and tired at the same time. Happened to me the first time I did a 60 mile ride in winter, wind back was brutal, I got about 10 miles from home on the outskirts of town, found a petrol station ate a cornish pasty and two mars bars and it took about 30 minutes before I could summon the energy to get on the bike and coast home. I learnt the lesson the hard way that day. I've found it relatively easy to avoid since mostly by drinking at least a litre of isotonic an hour on the bike (adjusting for climate) and eating reasonable amounts of carbs the day before.
- logfromblammo 9y agoSome people eat restricted carbohydrates and then exercise to bonk on purpose. It's based on research by a Dr. B.K. Pedersen of Copenhagen. And some medieval monks wore shirts made from hair. "Bonk training" seems like a perfectly horrible way to lose body fat.
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