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anabolic/evolutionary diet works well with endurance - it's a myth that it's bad for endurance.
cycle on ketogenic diet a waste?
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anabolic/evolutionary diet works well with endurance - it's a myth that it's bad for endurance.
I am nit basing the statement on briscience. I am going from personal experience. When I try to run while cutting hard in carbs it absolutely kills my cardio. My endurance gets shot to shit.
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TK777
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It could possibly be that you weren't fully fat adapted. Either that or your carbs were still too high to prevent your body from burning fat optimally. Just my 2 cents.
I was two months into a low carb diet ingesting 50g or less a day.
When I refer to endurance training I'm not talking about 3-5 mile runs. I mean training for half-marathon and marathon distance obstacle races on mountain trails.
TK777
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Hmmm. Maybe your calories weren't high enough. I'm guessing here. I'm going only my own personal experience.
However, I do know that Dr. Volek and another guy wrote a book about low carb diets for the endurance athlete. Check it out on Amazon. It's gotten some really good reviews.
BTW, in case you didn't know, Dr. Volek does a lot of low carb experiments and kinda "took over" the low carb world after Dr. Atkins passed away. He used to be a competitive powerlifter I believe, so he is really into how low carb diets work more towards athletes instead of the common layman.
However, I do know that Dr. Volek and another guy wrote a book about low carb diets for the endurance athlete. Check it out on Amazon. It's gotten some really good reviews.
BTW, in case you didn't know, Dr. Volek does a lot of low carb experiments and kinda "took over" the low carb world after Dr. Atkins passed away. He used to be a competitive powerlifter I believe, so he is really into how low carb diets work more towards athletes instead of the common layman.
I can tell you that many guys don't shift their metabolic phases, that's why they have problems with endurance. If the metabolic shift doesn't happen, you'll always have a problem. Even if you ran low carbs, if you didn't eat enough fat, you wouldn't be in a full metabolic shift - most guys are using protein for energy thinking they are in ketosis.
That being said, even if we assume everything you say is 110% and you were in ketosis. You can easily combine your refeed with a TKD modification and have a minimum 2 days (up to 3 days) post refeed where you would be getting more endurance than on a high-carb diet.
