FatMax and Peak Fat Oxidation with Dr. Gabriele Gallo, PhD

[@rayF4rio]

If you are doing a 4 hr ride at say 65% the entire ride, should you skip breakfast, then begin eating carbs at some point during the ride, say during hr 2 or 3? If so, should carb intake ramp up after hour 3? Or should the 4 hr fatmax ride be ridden with zero carbs? Would the goal of these longer fatmax rides be to postpone carb intake further into the ride, as adaptation allows.

[@CTS_TrainRight]

From Gabriele: If the focus of the long low-intensity rides is trying to stimulate as much as possible fat oxidation, then you can consider: breakfast: - you can eat 15/30 g of protein as they do not impair fat oxidation as much as carbs do. - for carbs: less than 50-75g to not turn down too much fat oxidation rates. during training: - you can stay with no carbs the first two hours (approximately) and then just ingest the carbs that help you to finish the ride (30 g/h?, you can go with a trial and error approach on this) Gabriele

[@DDai-qd8uk]

I like how you call him Gabriella

[@richardmiddleton7770]

Slow is pro!

[@HeyWattsUpCycling]

I have not seen compelling evidence to show that riding at very lower power/efforts (ie 65% of max hr or less) instantly pulls fueling from sub cue, visceral, intra muscular or any other fat storage than the standard glycogen/carb stores first.

[@luisfer14240]

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