High Carb Adaptation and Limits with Dr. Kyle Pfaffenbach – Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 469
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🗓️ 17 April 2024
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(01:38) Athlete question - how long does it take to adapt to high carb intake?
(17:59) Does osmolality really matter, and how does your gut process carbohydrates?
(01:02:34) Are there actually limits to how much carbohydrate we can ingest?
(01:05:43) Examples of very high carbohydrate absorption
(01:12:55) What other physiological limits affect our digestion?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast dedicated to making you a faster cyclist, the Ask A Cycling Coach |
| 0:03.8 | podcast presented by trainer Road. I'm coach Jonathan Lee and we have with us today, |
| 0:07.3 | Kyle Fauf and Bach from Eastern Oregon University, also from the Brooks Bees. |
| 0:10.9 | We're stoked to have you back, Kyle. |
| 0:12.1 | Yeah, appreciate it. |
| 0:14.0 | Yeah, happy to be here. This is cool. |
| 0:16.0 | We also have our CEO, Nate, |
| 0:18.0 | it's going to be good times. |
| 0:18.5 | Nate, Nate, we're going to talk about carbs today. |
| 0:20.0 | Yes. |
| 0:21.0 | I was hoping you would. |
| 0:23.0 | Nate, let's talk about ours. |
| 0:25.0 | That's right. |
| 0:26.0 | Before we do that, if you're listening to this now and you have not yet tried red light, green light, |
| 0:29.6 | that's a new feature that we've released, |
| 0:30.9 | the athletes. |
| 0:32.1 | Nate, AI FTP detection was wildly popular because people didn't have to do painful FTP tests. |
| 0:37.0 | I think the, like, you know, on like the like ratio on this one is even higher like people are this is hugely popular yeah and |
| 0:45.8 | instead of like once a month using that you can use it every day so that's the benefit yeah you can |
| 0:50.7 | mess up your training every single day and tell you. |
| 0:54.0 | So many opportunities. |
| 0:55.8 | Yeah, you can, this allows you to be able to do those group rides or do the other things |
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