FTP #1: Javier Gonzalez – Breakfast for Cyclists: Should they deplete before they eat?

Episode #2 – Fuel for the work required. Amplifying training adaptations by manipulating carbohydrate ingestion
March 10, 2019

FTP #1: Javier Gonzalez – Breakfast for Cyclists: Should they deplete before they eat?


On this episode:

  1. What breakfast and what has changed on breakfast research in the past 10 years?
  2. benefits of skipping breakfast on training adaptations
  3. Differences between trained and untrained cyclists
  4. Training with low liver glycogen VS low Muscle glycogen (fasted training VS Sleep low, train low approach)
  5. Protein rich-breakfast VS fat rich breakfast VS breakfast skippin
  6. Effects on mitochondrial biogenesis and increased fat oxidation
  7. Ideal nutrient profile and composition of breakfast for high cycling performance
  8. Breakfast quantity and type depending on the type of cycling race event (time trial, long hilly stage…

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