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Forum: Training & Nutrition
10-07-22, 05:45 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

I'm hardly awesome. Physically, I'm quite...

I'm hardly awesome. Physically, I'm quite untalented. I had a hard time getting my mile time under 8' so I wouldn't have to repeat Basic Training. That was during the VN war. However, I am a talented...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
10-04-22, 07:17 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

Really? A 20-30 mile ride? When I started...

Really? A 20-30 mile ride? When I started endurance cycling, I was on my lips after a double century. After doing more high-mileage rides over the next few years and getting the nutrition more dialed...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
10-04-22, 11:07 AM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

See post 55. There's no way around that graph....

See post 55. There's no way around that graph. The issue is that the oxidation of fat requires more oxygen than the oxidation of carbohydrate, and our limit of intensity is our VO2max, no matter what...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
01-26-22, 11:23 AM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

Oh wow, terribly sorry. I got confused - my...

Oh wow, terribly sorry. I got confused - my review was of the first link which had an unequivocal finding that LC was better. Here's the money quote: That's what I'm calling BS on. What made me look...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
01-25-22, 08:38 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

That last link - you find what you're looking...

That last link - you find what you're looking for. Pretty sure both groups were protein-starved with the HC worse off.

Let's say the the average athlete in the study weighed 150 lbs. We're told...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
01-15-22, 05:48 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

No, not missing anything. Of course going keto...

No, not missing anything. Of course going keto improves fat burning. No one would argue otherwise, nor is that argument made above. The big However is that focusing on fat burning decreases one's...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
12-28-21, 12:24 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

Well, no. "Ketosis" means that your brain is...

Well, no. "Ketosis" means that your brain is running on ketones. Your whole body runs on ketones and it has to because there are zero available carbs and there haven't been any for some time. This is...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
12-20-21, 01:31 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

Skip to the 24:30 point: ...

Skip to the 24:30 point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9yq7suqrqY

This is the first I'd ever heard of the carb/cramp connection, but reviewing my records, I think they are correct. I bet if...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
12-20-21, 12:28 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

Cramping late in the ride is a common sign of not...

Cramping late in the ride is a common sign of not eating enough carbs. I've never been a keto person. I'm a high carb vegetarian. Can't imagine why you thought otherwise.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
12-17-21, 09:32 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

It's difficult to understand what you're saying...

It's difficult to understand what you're saying there. Tried what? What injury? What experimentation? What double century and over ow many hours?

I've ridden a local double in 12 hours elapsed...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
12-10-21, 10:08 AM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

Good points. Lance and his team were well known...

Good points. Lance and his team were well known for going out on 6 hour rides with only water. That's how elites get to that high level of fat oxidation. The theory is that if one maximizes both fat...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
04-27-21, 07:07 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

This is the usual graph one sees, which is...

This is the usual graph one sees, which is derived from exhaled gasses:

https://sparecyclesblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/fat_glucose_oxidation.png

The problem is that there's a fallacy...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
04-27-21, 10:53 AM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

That's what we used to believe when only gas...

That's what we used to believe when only gas exchange ratio was used to determine fat burning. Turns out it's more complicated that that. There's an old saw, "fat burns in a carbohydrate flame,"...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
03-02-21, 10:24 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

As we used to say, There it is.

As we used to say, There it is.
Forum: Training & Nutrition
03-02-21, 08:17 PM
Replies: 195
Views: 32,565
Posted By Carbonfiberboy

Really? 400 calories an hour and one bottle of...

Really? 400 calories an hour and one bottle of water? You're better than a TdF pro! All a result of riding fasted, eh? :rolleyes:
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