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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The whole reason I like swimming is its enough exercise such that I can eat whatever the heck I want and get away with it.
The only reason I'd go on a low car diet is if my dr could give me good (factual, backed up with lab tests) reasons why I should.
Other than that, pass the bagels.
And speaking of the Paleo diet - that's wonderful, eat the same thing our hunter/gatherer ancestors did. But know that life expectancy was much much shorter then as compared to now. They didn't experience any negative effects of their diets because something ate them before they got old enough to feel any negative effects of their diets.
I also heard that one of the main proponents of the Paleo diet (I saw him on TV cooking up 2 lbs of bacon for his breakfast) died of a heart attack.
I may be wrong on that last.
The whole reason I like swimming is its enough exercise such that I can eat whatever the heck I want and get away with it.
The only reason I'd go on a low car diet is if my dr could give me good (factual, backed up with lab tests) reasons why I should.
Other than that, pass the bagels.
And speaking of the Paleo diet - that's wonderful, eat the same thing our hunter/gatherer ancestors did. But know that life expectancy was much much shorter then as compared to now. They didn't experience any negative effects of their diets because something ate them before they got old enough to feel any negative effects of their diets.
I also heard that one of the main proponents of the Paleo diet (I saw him on TV cooking up 2 lbs of bacon for his breakfast) died of a heart attack.
I may be wrong on that last.
