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EvilDog wrote:
> Let me make a few suggestions here.
>
> 1) You will need to do your riding to burn fat and not carbs. This is
> done by riding at a completely comfortable aerobic pace and not
> anaerobically. This means that you will have to pedal more easily
> and at a lower heart rate. Try staying at about 65% of your max
> for the duration of your ride. No showing off, no heroics. Avoid
> sprinting and fast paces. Just keep it easy. The harder you ride,
> the more your muscles will depend on burning carbs and not fat.
> This is why you are having a strong sugar craving after your ride.
> Also you will want to up your daily intake of protein if you
> haven't already done so.
>
This suggestion is absolutely bogus and one of the myths going around.
Probably started by the fitness industry in order to market their products.
The harder and longer you ride the more fat you will burn. Period
It is true that at a higher intensity you will burn more carbs than fat.
_*Percentagewise*_. However totally you will still be burning more fat at a
high intensity than at a low intensity.
Also if you get your fatburning engine going you will continue to burn lots
of fat after your workout as your body is recovering.
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Perre
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> Let me make a few suggestions here.
>
> 1) You will need to do your riding to burn fat and not carbs. This is
> done by riding at a completely comfortable aerobic pace and not
> anaerobically. This means that you will have to pedal more easily
> and at a lower heart rate. Try staying at about 65% of your max
> for the duration of your ride. No showing off, no heroics. Avoid
> sprinting and fast paces. Just keep it easy. The harder you ride,
> the more your muscles will depend on burning carbs and not fat.
> This is why you are having a strong sugar craving after your ride.
> Also you will want to up your daily intake of protein if you
> haven't already done so.
>
This suggestion is absolutely bogus and one of the myths going around.
Probably started by the fitness industry in order to market their products.
The harder and longer you ride the more fat you will burn. Period
It is true that at a higher intensity you will burn more carbs than fat.
_*Percentagewise*_. However totally you will still be burning more fat at a
high intensity than at a low intensity.
Also if you get your fatburning engine going you will continue to burn lots
of fat after your workout as your body is recovering.
--
Perre
You have to be smarter than a robot to reply.