Sure, they are pretty niche: https://hackertalks.com/post/7986045 - The take away from this paper is after a 6 week adaption phase a keto athlete had a higher time to exhaustion then a high carb athlete even with carb loading.
https://hackertalks.com/post/7986695 - Here is the good one, looking at oxidation of HC vs LC - the available energy comes from fat (hence not needing to carb load)… The smoking gun though… look at the sustained VO2Max levels…
That is so much more energy available!
https://hackertalks.com/post/7987142 This paper shows better energy utilization in 5km runs, but importantly no disadvantage vs high carb runners. This paper introduces the theory that the runner bonk/wall is not running out of energy but a dip in blood glucose, which a low carb athlete will not experience.
this is really interesting. anecdotally, when I am in competitive shape pretty much any intense activity, particularly HIIT type stuff, is always best when I am fasted (except for BCAAs). I am often deep in ketosis at the time of maximum energy output and I seem to perform much better that way. I have no personal data to back this up, but this has worked for me for years. going to read your studies now. thanks!
absolutely! perhaps post in your community?
thanks for the excellent back and forth.
Sure, they are pretty niche: https://hackertalks.com/post/7986045 - The take away from this paper is after a 6 week adaption phase a keto athlete had a higher time to exhaustion then a high carb athlete even with carb loading.
https://hackertalks.com/post/7986695 - Here is the good one, looking at oxidation of HC vs LC - the available energy comes from fat (hence not needing to carb load)… The smoking gun though… look at the sustained VO2Max levels…
That is so much more energy available!
https://hackertalks.com/post/7987142 This paper shows better energy utilization in 5km runs, but importantly no disadvantage vs high carb runners. This paper introduces the theory that the runner bonk/wall is not running out of energy but a dip in blood glucose, which a low carb athlete will not experience.
this is really interesting. anecdotally, when I am in competitive shape pretty much any intense activity, particularly HIIT type stuff, is always best when I am fasted (except for BCAAs). I am often deep in ketosis at the time of maximum energy output and I seem to perform much better that way. I have no personal data to back this up, but this has worked for me for years. going to read your studies now. thanks!
That’s great data! From what I’ve read you may get even better results after a 6 week fat adaption window.
This lecture from noakes is interesting to listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WVLrQmnnAY