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Why You Need Carbohydrates During Exercise
Your glycogen stores – the carbohydrate stored in your muscles and liver – are finite. Roughly 90–120 minutes of hard effort is enough to deplete them to a level that significantly compromises performance.
Kulhydrat-loading er en af de mest evidensbaserede ernæringsstrategier, der er tilgængelige for udholdenhedsatleter.
Hvis du er ved at presse dig op på tærskel-niveau, er underernæring ikke kun ineffektivt – det modarbejder aktivt dine træningstilpasninger.
Carb loading is about hitting a specific physiological target: 300–350 mmol·kg⁻¹ of muscle glycogen. If your stores are below this, your power output will drop.
