Sugar is bad.
We all know that, right?
Well, not so fast.
Sure, sugar is bad if you’re a couch potato with a pot belly. But for athletes, sugar may be your best friend.
Let me tell you all about the role of sugar in sports nutrition and my recent scientific publication on the topic!
Why wouldn’t you actually swallow the carbs?
It was the first day of my PhD.
We’re discussing how carbohydrate mouth rinsing might increase performance. In other words, how swirling a sports drink through your mouth for a few seconds and then spitting it out, might make you faster.
It sounded like a ‘scientifically interesting, but no practical applications whatsoever’ type of research.
Why would you do all that trouble with rinsing and spitting it out?
Actually drinking your sports drink must be much more effective, right?
You probably heard about insulin before.
It’s the hormone that’s released when you eat those tasty carbohydrates and that makes you fat. At least, that is what all your diet books have told you right?
But if insulin is so bad for your physique, then why do bodybuilders inject insulin?
Well I’m glad you asked.
You know how it is.
Low reps mostly build strength. High reps mostly build endurance. Six to fifteen reps, that’s where it’s at for building muscle, everyone will tell you.
But you can’t help wondering.
Why are weight lifters so big then? Why are some of the biggest guys in the gym always busting out using high reps? Why are they bigger then you?
Do you just need to be patient, or could it be, that really, you’ve been doing it wrong all along?