You seem to know what you’re talking about, I won’t argue, I have also long thought that having food in your system is not necessary for physical activity, for a healthy person. For a good share of my adult life I did not eat until afternoon and often did long distance runs before I had eaten anything, and I felt great, if I did eat I would feel worse than if I did not. It would slow me down.
But the coaches and teachers in the 90s were big on carb loading the night before. They would Advocate oatmeal the morning of the contest.
You seem to know what you’re talking about, I won’t argue, I have also long thought that having food in your system is not necessary for physical activity, for a healthy person. For a good share of my adult life I did not eat until afternoon and often did long distance runs before I had eaten anything, and I felt great, if I did eat I would feel worse than if I did not. It would slow me down.
But the coaches and teachers in the 90s were big on carb loading the night before. They would Advocate oatmeal the morning of the contest.
I share the same feeling, I go into the gym before I eat anything for the day!
Yeah, carb loading has a place historically, kinda a commonly held myth.