Fueling Long Run Or Workout While Keto

[@andreasjsn]

Well done on your biltong pronunciation, and thanks for the good info. Regards from South Africa

[@mmgrd]

Thanks for the advice Mr. Bitter. Your anecdotes about running on a low carb diet are very helpful!

[@ZachBitterUltra]

My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out.

[@richardmiddleton7770]

I've found that once you are fat adapted, the body doesn't process carbs well and I actually feel worse if I introduce carbs mid workout. I think simply going longer between hard workouts (anything above high tempo), and letting your glycogen stores naturally come back up from protein and fats.

[@logicbomb8977]

Do you find you can run high intensity workouts on fat as your primary energy source ?

[@sianneboreham6733]

Product links? Did you say “S Phil’s race plus product” at timestamp 8:15?

[@ZachBitterUltra]

SFuels Race+ was the product. They have a new one called Zone 5 as well.

[@jeremygregory3680]

I'm working through your vids, love them! Could you go into ( or help guide ) someone that lives the keto life , prepping for a 3.5 to 4.5 hour race, but is interested in carb loading ( or if you even think thats beneficial to try and have best of both worlds for race day? )

[@ZachBitterUltra]

Thanks for checking them out! Sure, I can do something on this topic. I may start doing some Q&A/Topic style livestreams. This might be a good topic to kick one of those off.

[@codybaron3721]

This is pretty much where I'm at and what got me to this specific video. I've been aware of Zach since he did the JRE podcast many years ago. I'm a cyclist that's been fat adapted and keto for nearly 6 yrs now. My current issue is that I've gotten into Leadville and my training volume has jumped up. Likewise, my intensity has gone up a good bit. Thus, I think I've well outpaced my ability to fat fuel only and need some carb supplementation. I'm trying to work toward some targeted carb loading or maybe during training/event carbs. Would love to see more of Zach's take on this topic. FYI- my training rides can be 3-4 hrs with some zone 3-4 work (with occasional bumps into zone 5)

[@CvoreAthlete]

Haven't needed fueling for 140 mile bike rides or for running marathons. What do you think of exogenous ketones? Have you tried them? Thanks!

[@JesseStarks]

Hey Zach, when do you take your carbs pre race? Or do you only do carbs during the race? If you do pre - do have your carbs first thing in the morn - or - a certain window before the race?

[@dadsdaman7605]

Great info, thank you!

[@michaelmccrossan7655]

Double whipping cream 🚀⛽

[@someguyusa]

I hate how many people say your body "stores carbs" as that is false. Your body stores glucose as glycogen. That is not the same thing.

[@GetFitwithNatasha]

What do the leanest and fastest runners eat? Sugar! Even Zach smashes sugar. Look what he is seen eating in races.

[@ZachBitterUltra]

I am not sure why you seem to think this is some sort of own.

[@joedigiacomo1777]

@@ZachBitterUltra vegans can't seem to help themselves

[@ZachBitterUltra]

@@joedigiacomo1777ha! Yeah, advocates in general rarely actually care about anything but the attention, which basically eliminates any desire for nuance.

[@CvoreAthlete]

Lean? You mean sarcopenic because they don't eat enough protein.

[@Justobserving9291]

@getfitwithNatasha is a classic attention seeker. Probably going to end up with an OF account and an empty home.