Glycogen dumping and ‘crash dieting’ per se are not the same thing. Glycogen dumping is avoiding carbs the day before a hard redpoint to lose the extra weight of glycogen and associated water. It might add 1% or something to your performance, so unless everything else is on point and you are a total wad, I probably wouldn’t consider it.
taking a full week off, etc.
Quote from: monkoffunk on March 19, 2019, 02:46:24 pmGlycogen dumping and ‘crash dieting’ per se are not the same thing. Glycogen dumping is avoiding carbs the day before a hard redpoint to lose the extra weight of glycogen and associated water. It might add 1% or something to your performance, so unless everything else is on point and you are a total wad, I probably wouldn’t consider it.Without wishing to thread hi jack. How the heck does dumping the sugar your muscles run on help to improve performance? I spend days Carb loading before I set off for a days fun in the mountains. It does indeed add about 5lbs to my start weight, but the energy store sure gets used during a full days climbing.
Behold! The Book of Dominator from the Gospel of Moffatt:"I got used to a strict diet for about a week. Salads only. I could do it if I felt dizzy, so I cut out almost all food. My stomach was a void, but I didn't care. I will eat after I do this I thought. On the third day I woke up and knew the time had come. I chalked up. The night before, to give me every possible advantage, I had microwaved my chalk for about five minutes, thinking that if there was any moisture in there at all, this would get rid of it. ”
Quote from: Danny on March 19, 2019, 02:36:04 pm taking a full week off, etc.The frequency and insensitivity of workouts
I am interested though, when you say you spend ‘days’ carb loading, what do you mean by that?
I thought carb loading was now confined to things we used to do that didn’t work.
Honestly buzy, you seem like a sound guy. I wouldn’t waste your breath. They’ll always be someone ‘righter’ than you on here desperate to point it out. Sometimes it’s even dressed up as humour.
The sexism is awful by today’s standards (and perhaps by the standards of the day? Someone older can confirm or deny that) but some of the advice is certainly sound! Particularly the stuff about finishing strong, think that’s helped me a lot in the run up to trips or redpoints as well as training in general.