While I was in the glucose and insulin area, after last week’s diabetes-related study, I thought I would step sideways into the more positive world of insulin sensitivity. If you read a lot of training blogs you’ll keep finding reference to training increasing insulin sensitivity and then getting some benefit from this by consuming certain [...]
It has been a few years since I moved to a more Paleo diet, slightly longer that I have been low carb. In comparison it has only been about six months that I have been trying daily fasting. One meal a day makes life so much less complicated. Unfortunately two weeks, instead of one, in [...]
Tags:Carbohydrate·Endurance·Fat adaption·Intermittent fasting·Paleo diet
I can be as serious as I like about meeting national qualifying standards in powerlifting and wanting to compete at some point in the future, but it doesn’t mean I don’t go away sometimes. Unfortunately for my powerlifting a trip away is rarely anything other than a thoroughly active time, usually involving some sort of [...]
Over the previous two weeks I’ve been posting up a mammoth interview which I did with Alli McKee. So far we’ve covered motivation, inspiration and diet and I really recommend you go back and have a read if you’ve not had a chance to do so yet. This week, we’re moving onto the topic of [...]
Tags:cardio·Endurance·Figure·Intervals·Resistance training·Sprint·Training
In the past I have done posts about whether women should run and the benefits of barefoot running. However, I’ve seen a few posts and articles recently discussing endurance running and sprinting. Are we genetically designed to be endurance runners? Are we better designed as sprinters? Do you need carbs if you are an endurance [...]
Two things happened over the last fortnight to get me thinking about whether it is beneficial to convert to being low-carb if you are an endurance athlete. The first was a question on one of my old posts from someone who wanted to know how I dealt with the problem of being glycogen starved while [...]
