Carbo loading before high intensity workouts
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Carbo loading before high intensity workouts
Nodelez1
(Luis Zeledon)
#2
I am a little confused about this. I go to the gym six days a week or surf if weather current conditions permit. I have been told that it may be OK to carb load before high intensity activities such as surfing not really sure what to do. I love keto but my workouts have suffered a bit I kind of burne out halfway through my workouts nowadays. If anybody has experience advice on this I would love to hear it
allan
(Allan L)
#3
Iāve not been that strict with my carbs for the past 3 weekends in a row so have started each Mondayās workout with full glycogen stores. I can usually workout 25% - 40% longer than the following Thursday where my glycogen stores are totally empty because I have been following a strict Keto diet all week & working out each day.
But what I am finding is my energy levels are not returning to that pre-carb up level they were at when I did strict keto for 9 months with no weekend carb ups.
For me personally, whilst carb loading is having a short term advantage the long term effects are negative and the carb cravings are getting stronger and stronger with each carb up session. Iām slowly undoing all the good/hard work for 9 months.
Donāt worry that you canāt work out as hard straight away, take it slow and let your workouts slowly build back up again. This will be my approach going forward.
240lbfatloss
(Ken)
#4
Nothing wrong with some carbs before, and for that matter, after an intense workout. The trick is using rapidly absorbed carbs such as Dextrose, resulting in little if any glycogen creation.
The candy āSmartiesā are pure Dextrose, about six and a half g per roll. I suggest three rolls before and six rolls afterwards as a good starting point. Grindāem up and add to water.
Dread1840
(Chris)
#5
Most would say everyone is different.
From what Iāve experienced in my n=1, there hasnāt been any āneedā. I generally lift from 5:10am to 6:45am every week day, fasted. No signs of slowing down.
However, probably due to my zero carb diet, I have blood glucose (endogenous) on the high end of normal, but low insulin. So it could be that I have no need of exogenous sugar to replenish glycogen.
I think thereās a lot more to it than we currently know, and I look forward to learning more.
Nodelez1
(Luis Zeledon)
#6
Thank you all for For responding this is something I really been concerned about. Itās much appreciated
akirby83
(Adam Kirby)
#7
I think what happens for people eating zero carb and engaging in glycolytic activities, is that you have no choice but to create glycogen from protein via elevated glucagon, and thatās what also leads to high blood sugar. Whether or not this is a greater stressor on the body than just ingesting some pre-workout carbs I donāt think anyone knows.
Dread1840
(Chris)
#8
At the moment the consensus between carnivores is that because itās not causing a large influx of insulin (at least in healthy specimens), that itās perfectly fine, but we canāt know for sure just yet.