Ignoramus4980 said:(9 g CHO kg body mass1 day1) or placebo-controlled moderate-CHO diet
(6 g CHO kg body mass1 day1).
That's not what *you* would call "moderate carb" though, it's 420gm carb.
Quoted message said:A CHO breakfast (2 g CHO/kg body mass)
Again, that's a big, high carb breakfast
Quoted message said:was consumed 2 h before each TT, and a CHO drink (1 g CHO kg.body
mass1 h1) was consumed during the TTs to optimize CHO availability. The
.... and a big high carb drink for a total of 3gm CHO/kg bodyweight, or about
210gm of carb for breakfast for a 154lb cyclist.
Quoted message said:100-km TT was interspersed with four 4-km and five 1-km sprints. CHO
loading significantly increased muscle glycogen concentrations (572 107
vs. 485 128 mmol/kg dry wt for CHO loading and placebo, respectively; P <
0.05). Total muscle glycogen utilization did not differ between trials,
nor did time to complete the TTs (147.5 10.0 and 149.1 11.0 min; P =
0.4) or the mean power output during the TTs (259 40 and 253 40 W, P =
0.4). This placebo-controlled study shows that CHO loading did not improve
performance of a 100-km cycling TT during which CHO was consumed. By
preventing any fall in blood glucose concentration, CHO ingestion during
exercise may offset any detrimental effects on performance of lower
preexercise muscle and liver glycogen concentrations.
All this tells us is that both groups were consuming huge amounts of carbs.
I don't see how this study has much relevance to you, unless you're planning
on taking in 6gm CHO per kg body weight, *AND* consume carbs during the race.
Cheers,
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Donovan Rebbechi
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