interesting story. not really surprising, though. thanks for the link.
Originally Posted by
Fat Boy
I think the popular 'cut carbs' idea just doesn't work for us. If you don't have those carbs, you just can't put out the power. It's a fine philosophy if you are sitting on your butt all day, but if you're trying to crank out threshold work, you have to fuel for it.
i have a friend who is a lightweight rower and is probably one of the best endurance athletes i know. he competes at the elite level and has rowed for the usa junior national and u23 teams. his diet is probably 90% bread and butter and 10% ice cream. ok, maybe i'm exaggerating a little...but not much. this guy eats a higher percentage of bread, pasta, and other carbs than anyone i've ever met. he tried eating healthy for a while - a salad or a bunch of cucumber of something instead of more carbs - and said he felt like he had no energy when he was working out. went right back to his normal diet.
YMMV...but if you do enough endurance activity, you need to fuel it with carbs. not really any way around that.