Low Carb for Endurance Sports

Hello,

I successfully acheived my goal of losing 25 pounds and great blood
chemistry. Now trying to train for a mini triathlon. Here's my problem
though: I don't have enough energy to do any sustained training such as
running and swimming for distance ... feel very sluggish and muscles burn.

I tried upping my carbs to 100g, but still same effect. If I load up on
carbs, I'm ok ... but I dont want to reverse my great blood chemistry
improvement.

Is it possible to do endurance sports on a low carb diet?

Yeah , cheeseburgers wrapped in bacon will make you an Ironman. How much more
stupid can people be with Atkins on the brain .

I can't imagine doing any serious endurance work on low carb because of
exactly what you state: sluggishness, muscle burn, and overall fatigue. What
you can do is figure out exactly how many carbs you need for peak
performance, and ingest them before you train and race.

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Eat less, exercise more. -- MFW

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"OverTheHill" wrote in message
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Hello,

I successfully acheived my goal of losing 25 pounds and great blood
chemistry. Now trying to train for a mini triathlon. Here's my problem
though: I don't have enough energy to do any sustained training such as
running and swimming for distance ... feel very sluggish and muscles burn.

I tried upping my carbs to 100g, but still same effect. If I load up on
carbs, I'm ok ... but I dont want to reverse my great blood chemistry
improvement.

Is it possible to do endurance sports on a low carb diet?

I carb up a little the night before a long run but restrict on normal
exercise days. I define long runs as 8 miles or more. On a ordinary day of
doing my normal 5 or so or light to moderate weight training low carb, 40g a
day or less, does not pose a problem as energy is sufficient.

Mertz

"OverTheHill" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I successfully acheived my goal of losing 25 pounds and great blood
chemistry. Now trying to train for a mini triathlon. Here's my problem
though: I don't have enough energy to do any sustained training such as
running and swimming for distance ... feel very sluggish and muscles burn.

I tried upping my carbs to 100g, but still same effect. If I load up on
carbs, I'm ok ... but I dont want to reverse my great blood chemistry
improvement.

Is it possible to do endurance sports on a low carb diet?

I had an issue with my blood sugar crashing when doing long runs.
Jennie sugguest eating 5 smarties before my run. Doing this has helped
tremenodously. No more low feelings during the run. Those 5 smarties
get me through about 6km or so.

Just an idea.


On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 18:15:44 -0500, OverTheHill
wrote:

Hello,

I successfully acheived my goal of losing 25 pounds and great blood
chemistry. Now trying to train for a mini triathlon. Here's my problem
though: I don't have enough energy to do any sustained training such as
running and swimming for distance ... feel very sluggish and muscles burn.

I tried upping my carbs to 100g, but still same effect. If I load up on
carbs, I'm ok ... but I dont want to reverse my great blood chemistry
improvement.

Is it possible to do endurance sports on a low carb diet?

OverTheHill

writes:

I successfully acheived my goal of losing 25 pounds and great blood
chemistry.

Excellent! Congrats.

Now trying to train for a mini triathlon. Here's my problem
though: I don't have enough energy to do any sustained training such as
running and swimming for distance ... feel very sluggish and muscles burn.

I tried upping my carbs to 100g, but still same effect. If I load up on
carbs, I'm ok ... but I dont want to reverse my great blood chemistry
improvement.

Is it possible to do endurance sports on a low carb diet?


Go back and search for a thread I started on May 30 or 31 entitled "hiking, &
Backpacker article". I discussed a 6-mile hike I took that was very strenuous.
I'd been struggling with the same issue of stamina and low-carbing, and I
found that if I went slightly above my maximum maintenance level the two nights
before the hike, ate a big breakfast, and took carby food along, I did much
better than previously.

Also in that thread, a low-carbing endurance hiker/climber responded with some
excellent tips. He was great.

While part of that thread was specific to hiking, I'm sure you could pull some
advice from it and maybe get some ideas you could adapt to triathloning.

Good luck.


Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

OverTheHill wrote:
:: Hello,
::
:: I successfully acheived my goal of losing 25 pounds and great blood
:: chemistry. Now trying to train for a mini triathlon. Here's my
:: problem though: I don't have enough energy to do any sustained
:: training such as running and swimming for distance ... feel very
:: sluggish and muscles burn.

Muscles burning sounds like lactic acid build up. That suggests you need
more training to improve that. Weight lifting is good in general but so is
sport specific training.

Also, what do you mean by "any sustained training?" How long are you going?

::
:: I tried upping my carbs to 100g, but still same effect. If I load
:: up on carbs, I'm ok ... but I dont want to reverse my great blood
:: chemistry improvement.

What do you mean by "load up on carbs?" Can you be more detailed?

::
:: Is it possible to do endurance sports on a low carb diet?

It depends on what you're doing and how hard your driving yourself. Do you
train with a HRM?

Pat wrote:
::::: I successfully acheived my goal of losing 25 pounds and great
::::: blood chemistry. Now trying to train for a mini triathlon.
::::: Here's my problem though: I don't have enough energy to do any
::::: sustained training such as running and swimming for distance ...
::::: feel very sluggish and muscles burn.
:::
::: Muscles burning sounds like lactic acid build up. That suggests
::: you need more training to improve that. Weight lifting is good in
::: general but so is sport specific training.
::
:: Good question. When I swim I never get "muscle burn". Muscle
:: tiredness and a fatigue-feeling during the first 2 laps, but "burn"?
:: Never.

I could be wrong, but it sounds as if the OPs problem isn't really
low-carbing, but just general conditioning. There is just no replacement
for "time in the saddle," so to speak You gotta build a base from which
to work...

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
...
Pat wrote:
::::: I successfully acheived my goal of losing 25 pounds and great
::::: blood chemistry. Now trying to train for a mini triathlon.
::::: Here's my problem though: I don't have enough energy to do any
::::: sustained training such as running and swimming for distance ...
::::: feel very sluggish and muscles burn.
:::
::: Muscles burning sounds like lactic acid build up. That suggests
::: you need more training to improve that. Weight lifting is good in
::: general but so is sport specific training.
::
:: Good question. When I swim I never get "muscle burn". Muscle
:: tiredness and a fatigue-feeling during the first 2 laps, but "burn"?
:: Never.

I could be wrong, but it sounds as if the OPs problem isn't really
low-carbing, but just general conditioning. There is just no replacement
for "time in the saddle," so to speak You gotta build a base from
which
to work...





In this case you don't understand the problem.

When I low carb for extended periods of time, combined with even a moderate
volume of exercise, and get down towards the lower end of bodyfat
percentages, I fall into a condition that could be described as "muscle
burn". This is not lactic acid buildup (I'm very well acquainted with that
condition) but rather a burning sensation that can occur when just sitting
around and reaching for a glass of water, for example. This was, and still
is, the reason for the formation and use of the CKD and/or TKD. If you ever
get down to a lower bodyfat%, you'll probably know what I mean.

JC Der Koenig wrote:
:: "Roger Zoul" wrote in message
:: ...
::: Pat wrote:
:::::::: I successfully acheived my goal of losing 25 pounds and great
:::::::: blood chemistry. Now trying to train for a mini triathlon.
:::::::: Here's my problem though: I don't have enough energy to do any
:::::::: sustained training such as running and swimming for distance
:::::::: ... feel very sluggish and muscles burn.
::::::
:::::: Muscles burning sounds like lactic acid build up. That suggests
:::::: you need more training to improve that. Weight lifting is good in
:::::: general but so is sport specific training.
:::::
::::: Good question. When I swim I never get "muscle burn". Muscle
::::: tiredness and a fatigue-feeling during the first 2 laps, but
::::: "burn"? Never.
:::
::: I could be wrong, but it sounds as if the OPs problem isn't really
::: low-carbing, but just general conditioning. There is just no
::: replacement for "time in the saddle," so to speak You gotta
::: build a base from which to work...
:::
:::
:::
:::
::
:: In this case you don't understand the problem.
::
:: When I low carb for extended periods of time, combined with even a
:: moderate volume of exercise, and get down towards the lower end of
:: bodyfat percentages, I fall into a condition that could be described
:: as "muscle burn". This is not lactic acid buildup (I'm very well
:: acquainted with that condition) but rather a burning sensation that
:: can occur when just sitting around and reaching for a glass of
:: water, for example. This was, and still is, the reason for the
:: formation and use of the CKD and/or TKD. If you ever get down to a
:: lower bodyfat%, you'll probably know what I mean.

Is this described in McDonald's Keto book?