"The idea of a CU before your workout is to "set up" the body for better performance at the next workout by maintaining glycogen levels. The primary goal is to provide enough carbs to promote post-workout glycogen synthesis without interrupting ketosis for very long. Most individuals find that 25-50g of carbs taken thirty min. before a wo enhance performance. " (The whole idea of the cu). This is from Lyle's book.


If you do your CU only after you won't have the benifit of the WO to get you quickly back into ketosis.

You can have anything that is hight GI. From his book it says that easily digestible carbs avoid stomach upset during training. He mentions bagles & food bars.

Lisa