Answer by Andy P for Glycogen depletion, post-brief-ride recovery, and diet...
This is most likely a mixture of fuelling and trying to do too much too soon.It sounds like you routinely eat a fairly low carb diet, which is not in itself a bad thing, but will mean that it's...
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It's been a while since I researched this, so don't take it as gospel, but ...There are several stages in the sequence toward metabolic exhaustion:When you first start to exercise, the muscles (other...
View ArticleAnswer by Chris H for Glycogen depletion, post-brief-ride recovery, and diet...
I run on carbs, so my diet is very different to yours. But plenty of people do ride low carb, even keto. It's a conscious lifestyle decision for them though, and others only have carbs at all towards...
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On a mountain bike I had been working my way to minimize the time it takes me to do a 25-km round-trip.Then on a road bike I have been trying to do the same for a 40-km round-trip.My objective on both...
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