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Old 12-07-21, 02:33 PM
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Branko D
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Originally Posted by GhostRider62
Whether shifting the curve to the right helps elite athletes in shorter distance events? If fat adapted, it is possible to burn a high percentage of fat at 80-85% of VO2 max. Probably more advantageous for ultra endurance events.


https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...5003340#bb0050

https://ultrarunning.com/features/he...at-adaptation/
The problem is that the carb metabolism gets regulated down when you do keto fat adaptation stuff.

So there's no net gain to be had from an bicycle racing point of view - if anything possibly a loss because cyclists spend more time at high percentage of VO2max than an ultra runner will and the ability to go in the red can often be decisive.
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