Fri, Jul-19-19, 20:12
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,596
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Plan: Carb reduction in general
Stats: 230/185/180
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Texas
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A decent article on this subject.
Quote:
Exercising uses a lot of energy taken from glycogen stores, and it's important to eat nutritious food to both fuel the workout and recover from it.
A post-workout meal high in carbohydrates, as well as protein, is required to refill muscle energy stores enough to promote a substantial insulin release which will carry the nutrients back into the muscle, accelerating muscle repair.
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In my case and probably many others here, being very low carb and fat adapted, the post-workout carbohydrates to refill muscle glycogen stores are no longer needed, as my body manufactures just the right amount of its own carbs through gluconeogenesis for its needs. I have heard others of my skill level at the pickleball gym comment on my having endurance/energy to keep playing without needing to stop and rest between games like them, and I don't need to eat anything to do so, just have continuous stable energy from internal fat-burning. I think this is all related to being fully fat-adapted.
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