Originally Posted by
redlude97
to become fat adapted you need to train in a glycogen depleted state. there are various ways of achieving that. Riding long slow distances to eventually deplete glycogen stores and not refueling on the ride, keeping the body in a ketotic state through diet, or intermittant fasting. Be very careful and bring fuel. You will likely bonk hard at least a few times if you aren't used to controlling your training intensity
Fat adapted? what is that?
From what I've read, fat is converted to energy at a fairly constant rate irregardless of your intensity. Stored glycogen from carbohydrates is burned less at low intensity and more rapidly as intensity increases. As to whether fat is burned at all when you go anaerobic, I'd have to look into that. But I don't think being anaerobic is any of the premise you put forth.
So I question how you are going to deplete glycogen on a long slow ride.
But I do totally agree that a long slow ride will burn the most fat. But a faster ride for the same amount of time will probably burn about the same from what I've read.