The Tale of Low Carbohydrate Training
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Story time! It’s the best way to talk about the hot topic of fasted/low-carbohydrate training…
A prelude. Carbohydrate is needed to perform high-intensity efforts. However, the body only has so much carbohydrate stored which gets to be a problem because carbohydrates are also used during low-intensity efforts. As a result, an athlete can use up their carbohydrate stores before the end of a race when carbohydrates are needed the most (i.e. during a sprint stage). Conserving these carbohydrate stores could therefore theoretically improve performance.
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