Originally Posted by
Iride01
Yes pro athletes have been experimenting with ketones. However the results certainly are far from conclusive and even many negative. Most indicating no performance improvement during the ride. There is a little more to suggest a benefit for recovery after the ride. But only a little.
Think you've missed the point here.. the benefit is not a direct benefit from using ketons vs using carbs... the benefit is using BOTH strategically at different points in a race... that when you're burning exogeneous ketones for time when typically demands in pro race demand is for lower to moderate intensity.. i.e. fist few hours.. so you are not burining glycogen and sparing it and have full glycogen load for
busness end of race... this would be a strategic way to use this protocol.. that strategy, like others may or may not work given some parcours.. and how race actually unfolds... but this seems to work.. there is really no critique that I have found that that 5% increase is there given this protocol.. and note this is
[NOT] useful at all for shorter events and TTs likely to hurt performance!
The recovery piece is actually still not fully established.. the exogenous ketones absolutley do seem to allow riders to "recover" faster.. i.e. work harder after back to back rides than they would otherwise... the question outstanding is.. is this actually allowing the rider to "recover" or is it simply masking 'strain' from their workouts and you will eventually
pay the piper by over training at some later time...
Originally Posted by
Iride01
The ad from Ketone-IQ is just that. A ad. In which little context is given so that imaginations can run wild by the readers of the ad. They are a sponsor of Visma Lease a Bike. But then again so many other companies producing things I wouldn't care to use also sponsor Visma Lease a Bike and many other sports teams. With money being more essential to be a winning team, all teams are more than willing to take sponsor money or free product.
Sure...
Originally Posted by
Iride01
While increasing the bodies ability to burn fat will help a individual performance. That individuals increase in performance is still not going to be a benefit when others are also getting energy from their blood glucose during those long periods of maintaining a fast pace between the times they have to really work hard and sprint or climb.
See above... it's a strategy ot use exogenous ketones when typically they will be sufficient and use glycogen when typically they will be needed... most pro race follow this pattern though...
Originally Posted by
Iride01
For any that aren't competing and just ride for themselves, then it matters not where they get their energy if they are meeting the goals they wish.
Don't want to put words in his mouth, but the OP appears to interested in competative cycling... certainly greater absolute performance by his question...