I often check out a forum for bodyweight exercises because I do a lot of bodyweight exercises as part of my dry land training.
Anyway, many people on that board are all into this low carb stuff. I tried it out for 6 months but had the feeling that I don't have enough energy if I don't eat enough complex carbs like grains(pasta, rice, bread etc).
Is it just me or do other swimmers experience the same?
Just wondering...
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Hi all!
I´ve been running low carb high fat for the last six months.
Results so far:
Positive stuff:
-Fat loss and increased muscle mass (measured by caliper once every month 14%->9% body fat)
-Improved endurance (after 3-4 horrible weeks when I felt I had lactic acid in my body all the time when my body was switching from carb burning machine to fat burning machine)
-Need less sleep - up to 1 hour per day
-No need for sugar and candy anymore
Negative stuff:
-More expensive food account
-Bad breath
-Socially difficult (always have to explain why i dont want to eat carbs...sick and tired of this)
Conclusions:
Very positive effects on training and competition. I broke the WR in 50 *** in March. I dont think it was directly connected to this kind of food, but being lighter and stronger certainly helped.
I think the key is to eat lots of good fat...lika Omega 3. If I dont eat that i feel hungry and fatigued. I eat up to 50-60 grams/day. I also eat small meals every third hour...that way I never get really hungry.
I train and compete in short distance only. 50 and 100 *** mainly. For that this kind of eating is very good I think. If you train longer distances maybe you need a little bit more carbs, even though the theory says that you will increase your endurance in long distance lika marathon with this kind of eating.
Just think of the meat eating animals...like the big cats. They dont eat many carbs, but are still very explosive and muscular :)
my 2 cents
cheers
/Per
Hi all!
I´ve been running low carb high fat for the last six months.
Results so far:
Positive stuff:
-Fat loss and increased muscle mass (measured by caliper once every month 14%->9% body fat)
-Improved endurance (after 3-4 horrible weeks when I felt I had lactic acid in my body all the time when my body was switching from carb burning machine to fat burning machine)
-Need less sleep - up to 1 hour per day
-No need for sugar and candy anymore
Negative stuff:
-More expensive food account
-Bad breath
-Socially difficult (always have to explain why i dont want to eat carbs...sick and tired of this)
Conclusions:
Very positive effects on training and competition. I broke the WR in 50 *** in March. I dont think it was directly connected to this kind of food, but being lighter and stronger certainly helped.
I think the key is to eat lots of good fat...lika Omega 3. If I dont eat that i feel hungry and fatigued. I eat up to 50-60 grams/day. I also eat small meals every third hour...that way I never get really hungry.
I train and compete in short distance only. 50 and 100 *** mainly. For that this kind of eating is very good I think. If you train longer distances maybe you need a little bit more carbs, even though the theory says that you will increase your endurance in long distance lika marathon with this kind of eating.
Just think of the meat eating animals...like the big cats. They dont eat many carbs, but are still very explosive and muscular :)
my 2 cents
cheers
/Per
