Not sure how much carbs to consume before, during and after exercise? With so much noise around low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets, its easy to get confused as to how much carbohydrate you really need. Here’s a summary of the current carbohydrate recommendations for fuelling your body.
One of the most common questions I get asked by runners is how to fuel during long runs when you don’t feel like eating anything. Many find that drinking a sports drink or eating food makes them feel like throwing it straight back up. Do you also struggle fuelling during races? Well, you’re not…
Periodised carbohydrate training has become the latest buzzword among endurance athletes. Essentially it means matching your diet to your workload and new research suggests it may improve endurance performance and make you a more efficient fat burner. The idea behind training with low glycogen stores (‘training low’) is that it forces the muscles to burn…
