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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.

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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.
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