150: Are There Benefits to Carbohydrate Manipulation? With Dr. Asker Jeukendrup
b'It wasn\'t long ago that most athletes, in the grand scheme of training, neglected the importance of nutrition, prioritizing time spent on the bike.\\xa0\\xa0\\nNow, nutritional periodization and other methods of manipulation are rapidly rising in popularity. Many people strongly believe that significant performance gains are being left on the table if they neglect nutritional manipulation.\\xa0\\xa0\\nToday, we sit down with one of the top sports nutrition experts to discuss the potential performance gains from modifying the amount of carbohydrate made available at a given time relative to training load.\\xa0\\nWhat are the benefits of low and high carbohydrate consumption and manipulation? What are the potential dangers? We\\u2019ll explain four distinct approaches:\\xa0\\xa0\\nFirst, we\\u2019ll talk about the fasted workout\\u2014easily done by skipping breakfast.\\xa0\\xa0\\nSecond, we\\u2019ll discuss two-a-day workouts to reduce muscle glycogen.\\xa0\\nThird, we\\u2019ll consider low-carbohydrate diets.\\xa0\\nAnd, finally, we\\u2019ll dissect so-called \\u201ctrain-high, sleep-low" approaches in which an athlete will intentionally skip the recovery meal after a hard workout in order to ride the next morning under low carbohydrate conditions.\\xa0\\nThe leading expert I mentioned earlier, who returns to Fast Talk, is Dr. Asker Jeukendrup, known for his work with many elite athletes, in particular the cyclists of the Jumbo-Visma WorldTour team, and the Dutch Olympic Federation.\\xa0\\nWe\\u2019ll also hear from a host of other great coaches and researchers, including Dr. Brian Carson, Joe Friel, Jim Rutberg, and Sondre Skarli.\\xa0\\nPut that bag of popcorn down! Let\'s make you fast!\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'