Athletes and Insulin, Carbohydrate Timing and More – Ask a Cycling Coach 327
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
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🗓️ 30 September 2021
⏱️ 128 minutes
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Summary
High carb intake and endurance sports go hand-in-hand, but is this damaging to your health? Join us and Orange Seal Off-Road’s Hannah Finchamp as we dig into the relationships of glucose, insulin and workout intensity to know how you can prioritize health and performance, and much more!
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
- Intro 0:00
- What happens when our bodies eat sugar? 5:21
- How does insulin work? 8:38
- How does activity affect insulin? 15:52
- Are high-carb endurance athletes at risk of becoming diabetic? 20:30
- Data-driven ways to plan meal timing 50:59
- Hannah’s tips for bike choice 1:30:40
- A pro’s guide to chaotic race starts 1:35:59
- Live questions and answers 1:53:54
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RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
- Threshold Intervals for Cyclists: Benefits, Examples, and Tips for Success
- +61w FTP and Full-Distance Tri Finish with Lauren Hackney - Successful Athletes Podcast Episode 60
- Regulated transport of the glucose transporter GLUT4
- Exercise, GLUT4, and skeletal muscle glucose uptake
- Insulin and insulin resistance
- Update on the effects of physical activity on insulin sensitivity in humans
- Effects of exercise and lack of exercise on glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity
- Muscle Oxidative Capacity Is a Better Predictor of Insulin Sensitivity than Lipid Status
- Update on the effects of physical activity on insulin sensitivity in humans
- The TowWhee Adventure Tow Strap
- Stretches for Cyclists: 5 Stretches You Should Know
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast. It's dedicated to making you a faster cyclist to ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road |
| 0:05.6 | I'm coach Jonathan Lee and we have with us our head coach Chad Timberman. Hi |
| 0:14.2 | Sorry, and we have orange seal off roads Hannah Finchamp. What's up Hannah? Hi, good to be here again |
| 0:19.6 | Yeah, we were just talking before this podcast. It's exciting. You're your wedding date isn't far away |
| 0:25.2 | Yeah, November 6th. It's been a long time coming |
| 0:28.4 | Yeah, I was delayed because of the pandemic right yeah |
| 0:32.3 | Two and a half year engagement going on |
| 0:35.2 | Yeah, yeah |
| 0:39.5 | Similar vote so congratulations Hannah. That's super exciting |
| 0:43.4 | We probably won't have you on the podcast until December again because |
| 0:48.9 | We're gonna be a Cape Epic basically throughout October and then |
| 0:53.2 | With some some episodes that you'll be hearing along the way through that and then after that |
| 0:57.8 | You'll be on your honeymoon as well |
| 1:00.1 | So we'll probably have you back on and then of course we have a holiday here. Thanksgiving in the United States |
| 1:05.0 | So we'll have you on once we get to December so it's exciting to have you on. Yeah, so I ran micro counters for December |
| 1:15.5 | Yes, you can follow Hannah on Instagram. You can follow trainer road on Instagram as well |
| 1:20.4 | You can go if you go on to YouTube right now |
| 1:22.6 | You can see all those links to the different channels and you can find Hannah find all of us on there |
| 1:27.4 | It's good fun chat even has an Instagram. It's kind of like an Easter egg if you can find him |
| 1:31.5 | And if you find him I'm not sure Chad spends a lot of time logged into Instagram. So last time I was gonna speak to Chad |
| 1:38.9 | Yeah, yeah, I want to mention one thing really quick. Oh first of all we're going to talk about athletes insulin carbohydrate the relationship that exists between all of that today |
| 1:48.8 | I'm so really some really good insights. It's gonna be super |
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