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<\/a>I've got to say, there are some really smart listeners out there. \u00a0Boy did you guys respond to my last podcast (Q&A number 2), especially regarding the last segment on fueling for a century. \u00a0Specifically, I referenced a study<\/a> that found a 2% improvement in cycling performance\/power output following glycogen depleted training. \u00a0A couple of you rightly questioned my analysis of that study. \u00a0Rather than write a lengthy post on the topic, I've decided to create an addendum podcast (originally designed to be the first segment of my next podcast, but after realizing the length, I decided to make it a stand along podcast) in order to address the issue.<\/p>\nBelow I've included the study I reference in the podcast:<\/p>\n
Fat adaptation followed by carbohydrate restoration increases AMPK activity in skeletal muscle from trained humans<\/a><\/p>\n Our results demonstrate that AMPK-\u03b1<\/span>1<\/span>\u00a0and AMPK-\u03b1<\/span>2<\/span>\u00a0activity and fuel selection in skeletal muscle in response to exercise can be manipulated by diet and\/or the interactive effects of diet and exercise training.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This essentially relates that we can sort of “eat ourself into fitness.” \u00a0Cool, huh?<\/p>\n SHORT-TERM<\/span>\u00a0(<1\u00a0<\/span>WK) MANIPULATION<\/span>\u00a0of dietary macronutrient intake is associated with marked changes in skeletal muscle gene expression (<\/span>1<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>5<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>24<\/a>), substrate stores (<\/span>36<\/a>), metabolic flux, and fuel oxidation (<\/span>10<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>22<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>23<\/a>). Exercise training also results in striking modifications in muscle gene expression (<\/span>14<\/a>), energy reserves, and the relative contribution of fuels to the energetic demands of muscle (<\/span>9<\/a>). Accordingly, the extent to which acutely altering substrate availability might modify the training impulse has been a key research area among exercise physiologists and sport nutritionists for several decades (for review, see Ref.\u00a0<\/span>19<\/a>). Indeed, evidence is accumulating that nutrient manipulation can serve as a potent modulator of many of the acute responses to both endurance (<\/span>15<\/a>) and resistance exercise (<\/span>7<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>11<\/a>).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n So basically, if you eat well and train intelligently, you can turn yourself into a monster. \u00a0However, it also shows that if you eat poorly (I.E. a carbohydrate laden diet that promotes free radical production and inflammation) you can probably do more to hinder your performance than help it.<\/p>\n As always, if you enjoy what you hear,\u00a0head over to the\u00a0Tailwind Coaching Podcast on iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and rate it 5 stars.\u00a0\u00a0Don't forget to post any questions to the\u00a0Tailwind Coaching Facebook page<\/a>, and don't forget to support our sponsors and help to keep this podcast free.<\/p>\n With the summer here, it's time to get serious about your summer fitness! \u00a0Check out my\u00a0modular training plans in my online store<\/a>\u00a0and get started on the path towards\u00a0killer criterium fitness<\/a>\u00a0today. \u00a0And don't forget to save 10% with the coupon code\u00a0in this week's podcast.<\/p>\n After my listeners called me to task on one of the questions in my last podcast, it’s time to set the record a little bit straight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,64,116,106,38],"tags":[189,175,186,178,183,166,68],"yst_prominent_words":[1756,247,1819,402,1217,1821,1776,905,1820,1817,504,1824,1823,1818,1822,582,694,507,437,268],"wppr_data":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13450,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011\/revisions\/13450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4011"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tailwind-coaching.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}