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I have seen this discussed before but couldn't find the thread.
I have been going out for long bike rides - at least 35k taking about 1 hour 45 minutes.
As I go out as soon as I can in the morning (which isn't that early) I have been eating just before I ride.
The double agenda being that I was hoping to burn off any BG rise by exercising straight after eating.
In fact, that didn't seem to happen - my BG had risen by the end of the ride and didn't seem to tail off much over the next hour or so.
Anyway, having been introduced to the concept of exercising when fasted - just using your body's energy store and hopefully some fat - I decided to ride in the morning without eating and see how it went.
I know that when training up from low fitness each week seems better, but this was certainly my best ride this year.
My legs seem to be working better, I am maintaining my (quite slow) average speed but I rode for 50k today in just over 2.5 hours and felt better and more full of 'go' at the end than I usually do after the 35k ride.
My BG was also down to 4.8 instead of the usual post ride 7.5-7.8.
Two hours after my protein meal (eaten soon after I returned) my BG was 6.7
So riding first and eating after seems to work better (so far in only a single test).
From this I guess that I am more energy efficient if I am just burning stored energy than if I am trying to digest and process food whilst I am exercising.
The 'no exercise straight after eating' is advice I've had since a kid, but there seems to be contradictory advice about sustained exercise.
People load up with carbs and have regular carb snacks during exercise.
Cyclists have a culture of big slices of cake and lashings of beans on toast as fuel when they ride.
There must be a limit to this - but I am wondering where it is.
If I can manage 50k and still have energy then how far can I go (assuming my bum can take that much saddle time) before I run out of 'go'?
Anyway, 2.5 hours exercise on an empty stomach is counter-intuitive but seems to work.
Let us see if it continues to work!
Cheers
LGC
I have been going out for long bike rides - at least 35k taking about 1 hour 45 minutes.
As I go out as soon as I can in the morning (which isn't that early) I have been eating just before I ride.
The double agenda being that I was hoping to burn off any BG rise by exercising straight after eating.
In fact, that didn't seem to happen - my BG had risen by the end of the ride and didn't seem to tail off much over the next hour or so.
Anyway, having been introduced to the concept of exercising when fasted - just using your body's energy store and hopefully some fat - I decided to ride in the morning without eating and see how it went.
I know that when training up from low fitness each week seems better, but this was certainly my best ride this year.
My legs seem to be working better, I am maintaining my (quite slow) average speed but I rode for 50k today in just over 2.5 hours and felt better and more full of 'go' at the end than I usually do after the 35k ride.
My BG was also down to 4.8 instead of the usual post ride 7.5-7.8.
Two hours after my protein meal (eaten soon after I returned) my BG was 6.7
So riding first and eating after seems to work better (so far in only a single test).
From this I guess that I am more energy efficient if I am just burning stored energy than if I am trying to digest and process food whilst I am exercising.
The 'no exercise straight after eating' is advice I've had since a kid, but there seems to be contradictory advice about sustained exercise.
People load up with carbs and have regular carb snacks during exercise.
Cyclists have a culture of big slices of cake and lashings of beans on toast as fuel when they ride.
There must be a limit to this - but I am wondering where it is.
If I can manage 50k and still have energy then how far can I go (assuming my bum can take that much saddle time) before I run out of 'go'?
Anyway, 2.5 hours exercise on an empty stomach is counter-intuitive but seems to work.
Let us see if it continues to work!
Cheers
LGC
