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If you are new to keto or it doesn’t seem to be working out quite as you expected, it might be going as expected. The two main problems that I see in athletes that I coach is that they don’t have a big enough aerobic base (topic for another time), or they are low on electrolytes.
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Many athletes think because they are thin and fast that they are healthy. Unfortunately, many find out much too late that this is simply not true. Excessive carbohydrates in the bloodstream cause damage. This is regardless of the amount of stored body fat or how fast you move.
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Is it OK to Cheat on Your Ketogenic Diet? Cheating on Vacation, is it OK to Cheat on Your Ketogenic Diet? Should you? Could you? What are the consequences? I would hope that everyone reading this has been able to vacation at least once per year. Sometimes that vacation includes a trip of a lifetime, […]
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Why Every Endurance Athlete Should Go Keto … Dietary ketosis or “keto” is becoming more popular. It is a strategy everyone is asking about. Ketosis or a ketogenic diet offers everything an endurance athlete could dream of. It provides endless energy. This means no bonking. It is also an efficient pathway to weight loss. The […]
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Does Running Make You Thin? It might surprising to some to think of being a fat runner? At one time I thought running was the fastest way to get in shape. When my youngest son started school I thought it was time I got fit. Surely if I ran a marathon I would lose the […]
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Ketogenic diet for endurance athletes? A ketogenic diet is a diet where the body uses ketones as the primary source for fuel. There are many other names for a ketogenic diet. Other names are fat adapted, keto adapted, ketogenic diet, low carb diet, low carb high fat (LCHF). Regardless of the name, the process is […]
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