The text below or something similar appears in most or all of the endurance workouts (from 60 minutes out to 4+ hours). I copied this out of Putuo which is a 4:15 endurance workout included in the full triathlon build. I can probably make it through a 90-120 minute endurance ride without any fue…

[image] dcon: If I take in carbs (sugar), then doesn’t my body switch to using that for fuel rather than my fat stores? Carbs are required to burn the fuel, no matter the type. The trick is not to consume an abundance of carbs allowing for the fuel supply to switch. Just wait, there’s bette…

[image] Captain_Doughnutman: Carbs are required to burn the fuel, no matter the type. I’d suggest this is debatable: Dr. Mike Eades - ‘Does Fat Really Burn in the Flame of Carbohydrate?’ But I do agree, if you’re going to bonk on an endurance ride, specifically one focusing on training fat m…

We’ve been told all our lives that we need sugar, must refuel every 20mins blah blah blah and now people are discovering that this isn’t entirely true. The thing is, it’s hard to switch our minds over to this, and we still convince ourselves that we need to fuel all the time when perhaps we don’t ne…

Loads of good content about this topic from Coach Chad on the pod. I recall a recent conversation in terms that made sense to me :thinking:. Your body does not a switch from fat to carbs at a certain intensity level. But gradual supplements the fat burning engine with your carbs burning engine, a…

There is a new calculator out for cyclists which works out your fat use vs glycogen use for each ride. Cant comment on its accuracy. link FFT Bonking Risk Calculator [link: fft.tips/bonk] - Google Sheets

As mentioned, you burn a mixture of Fat & Carbs (not solely one or the other, generally) and this ratio changes given on intensity, duration etc. Check my post here for an insightful article in to how fuelling affects this preference. Ingesting a mixture of carbs & fat during your rides and tailor…

Thanks for the responses everyone.

You can train the body, it takes time. [image] Burning Fat for Fuel How to burn fat instead of sugar and never bonk again: How ultrarunners like Stu Mittleman burn fat, not sugar, to run strong for hundreds of miles.

Looking for serious advice and coming across this sham, just asks for a rant :sunglasses: It seems we have to be cautious where to get our advice, even when it’s on a TR forum. A quote from this “calculator” (that hides the source data and algorithms, just provides links from all over): “<< intake…

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You can train the body, it takes time.

How much of my fat stores am I realistically using on a zone 1-2 ride?

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