I have a half marathon coming up in a few weeks here and was mulling over some thoughts about potential ways to maximize performance...
Knowing that after a period of carb restriction and glycogen depletion the body is primed to super compensate and store supraphysiological amounts of glycogen wouldn't it be optimal to go through a strict carb depletion and then subsequent load immediately (24hrs or so) prior to an endurance event like this?
It seems to me that performance would be maximized by allowing more than the normal amounts of easily accessible glycogen and carbs for quick use during the race. Thoughts?
Also, if anyone has other suggestions on how to optimize acute endurance performance related to nutrition or otherwise I'm all ears
Knowing that after a period of carb restriction and glycogen depletion the body is primed to super compensate and store supraphysiological amounts of glycogen wouldn't it be optimal to go through a strict carb depletion and then subsequent load immediately (24hrs or so) prior to an endurance event like this?
It seems to me that performance would be maximized by allowing more than the normal amounts of easily accessible glycogen and carbs for quick use during the race. Thoughts?
Also, if anyone has other suggestions on how to optimize acute endurance performance related to nutrition or otherwise I'm all ears