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Gluten free and low-carb diet plans are all the rage right now, but carbohydrates are essential for runners! Your body uses your glycogen stores to power your running, so don’t be shy about eatingcarbsif you are a long-distance runner. Of course, the less processed and refined the major...
To “real” runners, it sounds like heresy. They love their long, slow distance, and they certainly have a point when they say it’s effective. There’s little doubt that the best way to run your fastest race is to train with a lot of miles, most of them slow. This is how champio...
Researchers measuredexercise capacityin mice subjected to different feeding regimens and found that day/sleep time-restricted DRF significantly enhanced running time and distance compared to ad libitum (AL—free to eat whenever hungry) feeding or normal chow (NRF) at specific time points during the d...
Lipids protect cells from damage, aid in recovery by carrying nutrients throughout the body, and can be used as long-distance running fuel; the best fats burn cleaner than the worst sugars when in marathon training. Good fats will also increase feelings of satiety, a key to losing weight in...
Onceyou become fat adapted, your strength will come back. Your endurance will likely be better than ever, due to the fact that you’ll no longer depend on glycogen stores when exercising for longer periods of time. A lot of marathon runners, hikers, and long distance cyclists report an ove...
This finding supports that by following the well-recognized dietary guidelines, appropriately planned plant-based diets can maintain the health of long-distance runners [28,29]. Regardless of the well-established sex differences in physical, physiological, and nutritional characteristics of general ...
But you don’t have to take my word for it: There are plenty of world-class athletes (and not just endurance runners) that don’t eat meat. Scott Jurek, one of the greatest ultramarathoners of all time, is vegan. So is Alex Morgan, co-captain of the US Women’s Soccer team. ...
For example, did you know marathon runners spend 30% less energy running a marathon than a normal person (1). Even do you are doing the same distance, the marathon runner is still burning or spending 30% less, how can this be? Well, it could be for various reasons like running ...
Karnazes, 52, is an ultramarathoner who ran 350 miles—or a little less than the distance between Los Angeles and San Francisco—in 80 hours and 44 minutes; completed 50 regular, 26-mile marathons in 50 days; and wrote Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner. Come September...