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Fat-Adapted Athletes Don’t Need Carbs
"Train your body to burn fat and you're free of carbs." The physiology is real — fat adaptation works — but it doesn't do the thing the claim promises. Burning...
Fat-Adapted Athletes Don’t Need Carbs
"Train your body to burn fat and you're free of carbs." The physiology is real — fat adaptation works — but it doesn't do the thing the claim promises. Burning...
Carb-Loading Isn’t Pasta the Night Before
Half the start line ate a giant bowl of pasta last night and called it carb-loading. As a way of actually filling glycogen, it mostly doesn't work — loading is...
Carb-Loading Isn’t Pasta the Night Before
Half the start line ate a giant bowl of pasta last night and called it carb-loading. As a way of actually filling glycogen, it mostly doesn't work — loading is...
Salt Tablets Prevent Cramp
"You need salt!" is the most repeated cramp advice in endurance sport — and the one the strongest evidence does not support. Cramp looks like a salt problem and is...
Salt Tablets Prevent Cramp
"You need salt!" is the most repeated cramp advice in endurance sport — and the one the strongest evidence does not support. Cramp looks like a salt problem and is...
Gels and Sports Drinks Together: What Actually Causes the GI Distress
"Never take a gel with a sports drink" is repeated as a rule in running clubs everywhere. The research tells a more precise story: the variable is carbohydrate concentration and...
Gels and Sports Drinks Together: What Actually Causes the GI Distress
"Never take a gel with a sports drink" is repeated as a rule in running clubs everywhere. The research tells a more precise story: the variable is carbohydrate concentration and...
More Caffeine Doesn’t Mean More Performance
Caffeine works — which is exactly why "more must be better" feels obvious. The evidence disagrees: the benefit plateaus around a moderate dose, and past it you collect the jitters,...
More Caffeine Doesn’t Mean More Performance
Caffeine works — which is exactly why "more must be better" feels obvious. The evidence disagrees: the benefit plateaus around a moderate dose, and past it you collect the jitters,...
Gels Aren’t Only for Race Day
Most athletes treat gels like a fire extinguisher — sealed, saved, cracked open only on race day. That is exactly why they backfire. Your gut is a trainable organ, and...
Gels Aren’t Only for Race Day
Most athletes treat gels like a fire extinguisher — sealed, saved, cracked open only on race day. That is exactly why they backfire. Your gut is a trainable organ, and...
Natural Doesn’t Mean Unlimited
It's just honey — a couple more can't hurt." It feels like common sense, and your small intestine disagrees. Absorption is transporter-limited and dose-dependent even in healthy people. Episode 01 of The...
Natural Doesn’t Mean Unlimited
It's just honey — a couple more can't hurt." It feels like common sense, and your small intestine disagrees. Absorption is transporter-limited and dose-dependent even in healthy people. Episode 01 of The...
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