Ryan Hall & Dr. Clyde Wilson: "Starvation" Training for Runners

Record-breaking marathoner Ryan Hall sits down to talk with nutritionist Dr. Clyde Wilson about "starvation" training for elite runners and other athletes - also known as glycogen super-compensation. The best way to work out for optimum adaptation is to have proper fueling. But there's an opposing idea to this, says Dr. Wilson. What makes muscle adapt, he says, is oxygen debt, which burns more fat and builds endurance. "Starvation" training is a bit of a misnomer, since it means just cutting back on your carb intake somewhat, and not for your hardest training workouts. Watch this video with Ryan to learn more. For more innovations in running, cycling, fitness, yoga, health and more, go to Nissan Innovation for Endurance on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/innovationforendurance - you can also enter for your chance to win a 100% Nissan LEAF.

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• ryan hall
• clyde wilson
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• elite runners
• nutrition
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• training
• oxygen debt
• marathon
• triathlon
• periodization
• periodized training

[TheZoelzer2]

i wish i had a track to run on.

[Walkingshadow1]

Oxygen debt is very misunderstood. Measurement of blood oxygen saturations shows that even intensely working muscles do NOT become ischemic. "Oxygen debt" is simply the Cori cycle converting excess serum lactate back to glucose and/or glycogen in the liver. This requires a net input of ATP and hence, oxygen (since the vast majority of ATP is produced aerobically). The limiting factor is not oxygen availability, but the rate at which oxygen can be converted to ATP by working muscles.

[ashegam]

This is something that Tim Van Orden, who started runningraw, has been focusing on for a while. The result is you end up using more fat as your primary fuel as oppose to carbs. good stuff.