Originally Posted by
DaveLeeNC
79p, what you described sounds EXACTLY like the typical protocol for what runners back in the 70's and 80's called 'carbohydrate loading' before running a marathon. I don't know if it is still 'popular' or not.
dave
It works, but is no longer popular. Trainers have decided that the metabolic load imposed by the glycogen cycling was, in the long run, not worth the extra performance. But I think if you only did it a couple times a year that would be fine.