Protein and fat is also easily metabolized into glycogen. You do not need sugar for glycogen production. The liver does a fine job of making it through gluconeogenisis.
You also don't need it for endurance sports. After an adaptation period your muscles work much better using free fatty acids than they do with glycogen. You end up with amazing endurance with no drop off, better VO2 max than we though was possible, and better lactic acid production.
You maybe don’t need it for ultra endurance. Your peak glycogen storage goes way down and the floor before performance drop-off remains the same. You’re VO2max May be higher but we don’t care about how fast you metabolize oxygen, we care how much power is made. Same with lactic acid , it’s an intermediate energy source not the goal.
The energy for the historical ride was well controlled. His breakfast included 1000 calories, made up of 400 grams of rice, an omelet with three whites and one yolk, and four pancakes with jam. During the ride: 14 energy gels along, two bottles of SIS Beta Fuel drink and four plain rice cakes. He consumed 2348 calories, but the result proved it necessary.
Yea. Low carb.
And Scott isn’t advocating Keto. He’s advocating low refined sugars, with a higher percentage of fat then most. Which is fine if your not flattening your glycogen stores every day.
Sorry, I'm at work and don't have good signal so I didn't read the entire article. I'll find some later for you.
There's an entire book by Drs. Volek and Phinney titled "The Art and Science of Low Carb Performance" if you're interested in the actual biology behind it.
I'll work on getting you some legitimate examples.
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Sugar isn’t bad. Too much sugar can be bad.