Originally Posted by
rubiksoval
I'm curious how much faster you could go with adequate nutrition...
In all honesty, I'd probably ride similar speeds if I were trying to ride without carbs.
Endurance performance requires appropriate fuel.
Not me, but Kohei Uchimura, the goat of gymnastics was able to be the best without loading for performance and competition:
I understand that this is only one anecdotal example. But the hindrance of not carb loading did not stop him from being at the top gymnast.
For me personally, I'm not trying to achieve speed/performance, I'm trying drive fat metabolism. Same reason why I fast. Same reason why I exercise. That's not the same as losing weight. When you drive fat metabolism, AMPK(adenosine monophosphate kinase) is upregulated which is a major metabolic switch for autophagy, specifically mitophagy. This is the recycling of mitochondria. Healthy mitochondria=healthy cells=healthy person. Exercise also drives this pathway. What halts this path way? Insulin. What spikes insulin like an emergency brake on a subway? Glucose.