Can sugar as energy boost help you improve your personal best?
In the middle of a long ride yesertday, I stopped at my favorite gourmet coffee shop and had a vanilla bean latte and had a banana.
Then on my return trip, I had a quick thought. The sugar that I had just consumed is giving me an energy boost. Will sugar eaten before I go to the gym give me enough energy boost to blow past my failure to set a new personal best?
I google and learned what sugar temporarily does in your muscle fibres but couldn't find if it would give you so much of a boost that you can work past failure. If it did that would mean more muscle fibre damage than normal and recovery would result in more muscle growth.