So yesterday I went back TOTALLY on what I said about 2 days before with my diet. I was going to try the low fat carb approach and turn my body into a ketogenic fat burning machine. The stuff I had read (not all) supported the theory that you could sustain high intensity exercise with limited carbs as your body will learn and adapt at the same time the new energy source will low the lactic acid accumulation in your blood stream from the different energy source as glycogen as lactic acid are closely related.
pffffffffttttt- Performance and health and longevity are on different scales. You can not perform at a high level on limited carbs. You need them. Yesterday my AM session was heavily glycolitic. If I had not had carbohydrate I would have crashed.......... HARD. I did crash.... hard but it was at my 9th effort. I definitely felt it early but I could hold on. That is the difference.. On a low carb diet you would hit that point early and just not be able to push through. You just can't. You just bonk similar to triathletes, runners any endurance athlete when their body is just completely void of all carbohydrate sources to perform. They start to use their muscle for fuel........ BAD jew jew.
Tomorrow is a testing day for me. I will rest today and perform at least 2 pieces of mobility. One with rolling and trigger point. One with static stretching. I am currently waiting on an email from Ross my coach on what I should be fueling my body with today. Usually I would go low carb on a rest day as glycogen usage is very low today. BUT I might need to carb up a bit. Like an endurance athlete. Wait out and see.................. Currently
8am- 2 small (tiny) bits of left over sweet potato..... really nothing
-1 L of lemon water
-1 MASSIVE cup of black tea. Weening of coffee. Ross had a dig at me!!
1230pm
Salad with pumpkin and sunflower seeds bacon, egg and mushrooms.
Finished off with 2 paleo bars from Mike WS at Blue Dinosaur paleo. Couldn't stop at 1
3pm
Bowl of nuts
Paleo bar (again)
4pm
Mobility bands and distraction techniques on and off for 2 hours
8pm Dinner
Salad with mince
Sweet potato for extra carbs
Few seeds for some fat.
Out
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Man Doesn't seem like alot of food!! Maybe I just eat too much!! :-)
ReplyDeleteHey Scotty, To tell you the truth that i what everybody has been saying. MOSTLY the guys and girls from Norwest down in Sydney. I know a few of them read the blog. Maybe I should include the quantity. Like to day (Wednesday testing day) although I have only had a few meals. well two I ate after session 1 and then just then so it;s 3pm I have had about 3-4 sweet potatoes, 4 bananas and about 500gm of mince. Maybe I should guestimate quantities.
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