Paradox

[anthrax]

Something I have noticed:

You eat crap, drink booze and go to bed late
The next morning, after a few hours of sleep you decide to work out

You would expect to feel like crap and train accordingly

But, as I have noticed on several occasion, I had great workouts in such conditions
(Then, hours later or the next day(s) I totally crash and feel miserable)

Any explanation?

 

[samoth]

Something I have noticed:

You eat crap, drink booze and go to bed late
The next morning, after a few hours of sleep you decide to work out

You would expect to feel like crap and train accordingly

But, as I have noticed on several occasion, I had great workouts in such conditions
(Then, hours later or the next day(s) I totally crash and feel miserable)

Any explanation?

Eating like crap may give your body the carbs and energy needed to really push the envelope for a workout. Drinking produces a certain inhibition that may exist a priori for PR sets, reps, or poundage. The crash later may just be from the alcohol.

HTH

 

[anthrax]

Eating like crap may give your body the carbs and energy needed to really push the envelope for a workout. Drinking produces a certain inhibition that may exist a priori for PR sets, reps, or poundage. The crash later may just be from the alcohol.

HTH

Bzzzz .... Wrong answer!

1] High GI carbs will give you a very short boost of energy
What you ate last evening won't translate in high energy the next morning

2] If your alcohol assumption were true, people would drink before practicing any competition
They don't so alcohol does not explain this phenomenon

3] What really puzzle me is how a lack of sleep lead to such great wo

Same player shoot again!

 

[samoth]

I was thinking of training a few hours after eating. Hmm.

However, I've read a lot about your #2: before competitions, before job interviews, and other such things. I'll try to remember the specifics or mechanisms behind the effect. (Maybe it was from one of Vox's newletters or something?)

I almost always seem to perform better on less than "adequate" sleep. I've read that many pro BBers only sleep 5-6 hours a night (but also that many sleep 8-10 hours). Perhaps this depends on the individual and the organism's specific sleep requirements?

 

[blut wump]

I have no better night-before-a-workout regime than ice cream and marzipan and so have to differ. High GI carbs rock for setting you up fr a workout.

Maybe it's to do with glycogen storage. Dehydration, on the other hand, common with alcohol consumption, usually cripples a workout.

 

[anthrax]

I have no better night-before-a-workout regime than ice cream and marzipan and so have to differ. High GI carbs rock for setting you up fr a workout.

Maybe it's to do with glycogen storage. Dehydration, on the other hand, common with alcohol consumption, usually cripples a workout.

You have a point but if you eat enough calories, whether it is low GI carbs, high carbs or protein should refill your glycogen storage

In fact low GI carbs (whole wheat pasta) should be better than ice cream for that matter