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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I don't claim that a low carb diet will work for everyone, but please keep an open mind. Blanket recommendations that "athletes shouldn't eat low-carb" are a disservice to many individuals who could benefit their health and swimming performance by eating a lower carb diet.
Oh- and the "Dr Atkins was obese and died of a heart attack" just isn't true.
If I didn't have an open eye I wouldn't have tried out LC for 7 months(I wanted to know what all the fuss was about) even though my well balanced diet that I eat now and ate before always worked for me. When I included grains and other complex carbs in my diet I was always lean, never sick and felt great.
I didn't say that Atkins died of a heart attack. I said he had a heart attack a couple of years before he died. His weight at the time of his death was 258 lbs.
I don't claim that a low carb diet will work for everyone, but please keep an open mind. Blanket recommendations that "athletes shouldn't eat low-carb" are a disservice to many individuals who could benefit their health and swimming performance by eating a lower carb diet.
Oh- and the "Dr Atkins was obese and died of a heart attack" just isn't true.
If I didn't have an open eye I wouldn't have tried out LC for 7 months(I wanted to know what all the fuss was about) even though my well balanced diet that I eat now and ate before always worked for me. When I included grains and other complex carbs in my diet I was always lean, never sick and felt great.
I didn't say that Atkins died of a heart attack. I said he had a heart attack a couple of years before he died. His weight at the time of his death was 258 lbs.
