Is there any harm if you don't eat anything before swimming at 5am, 6am (though I suppose that's what most early swimmers do)?
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Surprisingly, so far I've come up with nothing on this.
I did run across an interesting entry in Richard Nikoley's blog in which he reports no ill effects from heavy workouts while fasting, and notes that this should not be surprising, since it would be odd if mammals evolved in any other way, considering that hunting is usually done when hungry.
Which reminded me of an article I read recently via Science Daily which reports that mammals actually are more energetic when hungry, presumably for exactly this reason.
That logic doesn't work for me personally, but then again I know that my system is all messed up.
But I find the evolutionary logic compelling.
I'll keep scrounging for research.
I am surprised that it's so difficult to find studies on this.
Surprisingly, so far I've come up with nothing on this.
I did run across an interesting entry in Richard Nikoley's blog in which he reports no ill effects from heavy workouts while fasting, and notes that this should not be surprising, since it would be odd if mammals evolved in any other way, considering that hunting is usually done when hungry.
Which reminded me of an article I read recently via Science Daily which reports that mammals actually are more energetic when hungry, presumably for exactly this reason.
That logic doesn't work for me personally, but then again I know that my system is all messed up.
But I find the evolutionary logic compelling.
I'll keep scrounging for research.
I am surprised that it's so difficult to find studies on this.
