Comments on: Glycogen depletion issues (aka I’m a moron) http://www.fitnessfail.com/glycogen-depletion-issues-aka-im-a-moron/ Assorted ramblings on training, nutrition, social issues surrounding these areas and a generous side of irrelevancy Wed, 04 May 2011 23:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Scott http://www.fitnessfail.com/glycogen-depletion-issues-aka-im-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Scott Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:04:16 +0000 http://www.fitnessfail.com/?p=335#comment-333 Thanks c, Ill look for robs post, seems interesting. Thanks c, Ill look for robs post, seems interesting.

]]> By: cmason http://www.fitnessfail.com/glycogen-depletion-issues-aka-im-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-318 cmason Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:55:24 +0000 http://www.fitnessfail.com/?p=335#comment-318 I usually eat more than enough carbs to stay out of Ketosis, though I've dabbled in full on ketogenic diets in the past (Way in the past, when I dabbled in bodybuilding and couldn't do anything useful with my strength). If you're going the really low carb route, Rob Wolf has an good piece somewhere where he suggests calculations for the carbs needed to provide adequate muscle glycogen for metcons. It might be worth looking into. I spent a few minutes on his site (robwolf.com) trying to dig it up for you without much luck. In my case, obviously the workouts I'm doing are significantly longer than Crossfit style metcons - but at a high enough intensity to switch the fuel demands to carbs. I usually eat more than enough carbs to stay out of Ketosis, though I’ve dabbled in full on ketogenic diets in the past (Way in the past, when I dabbled in bodybuilding and couldn’t do anything useful with my strength).

If you’re going the really low carb route, Rob Wolf has an good piece somewhere where he suggests calculations for the carbs needed to provide adequate muscle glycogen for metcons.
It might be worth looking into. I spent a few minutes on his site (robwolf.com) trying to dig it up for you without much luck.

In my case, obviously the workouts I’m doing are significantly longer than Crossfit style metcons – but at a high enough intensity to switch the fuel demands to carbs.

]]> By: Scott http://www.fitnessfail.com/glycogen-depletion-issues-aka-im-a-moron/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Scott Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:44:26 +0000 http://www.fitnessfail.com/?p=335#comment-313 Ive been in Ketosis for 4 days. Today I decided to hit the weights lightly because I knew this workout was gonna be brutal. It was the worst workout ever. I can do great on low carb maybe 60 grams a day, but this was same as you walking around confused and forgetting stuff. Ive been in Ketosis for 4 days. Today I decided to hit the weights lightly because I knew this workout was gonna be brutal. It was the worst workout ever. I can do great on low carb maybe 60 grams a day, but this was same as you walking around confused and forgetting stuff.

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