Comments on: Nutrition For Cardio

By: aman

aman — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:22:45 +0000

Why are you the one to listen to?

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:48:28 +0000

Hahaha, nice thinking! 😀

However, the problem is that your training will most likely be worse and you will arrive at the run with less conditioning under your belt.

But I know what you are getting at and indeed there is a method that supposedly allows you to store more carbs, it’s called “carb loading”. Pretty soon I will do an article on that as well 🙂

By: Mammoth King

Mammoth King — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:55:16 +0000

Hey Evil! I was wondering about something. Let’s assume that approximately six months from now, I’m about to undertake a pretty serious cardio challenge. Let it be a marathon. If I go on a low-carb diet for a few weeks before the challenge, and then load up on carbs again the week/couple of weeks before the race, could my chances of a good result increase?

I mean, if I’m used to run on a low supply of carbs, and might have reached good results with such a diet, shouldn’t I be a cardiac beast when I go back to a higher level of carbs? 😀

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:04:11 +0000

In reply to Hooahfries. Wow! I think I would faint if I tried that.

By: Hooahfries

Hooahfries — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:40:47 +0000

I do best with nothing in my system… Serially, I do better if I fast for 16-24 hours than if I eat in the hours before a run, my body is freaky.