Episode Details

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

- Successful Athletes Podcast

- Adaptive Training

- Hannah’s Instagram

- TrainerRoad’s Instagram

- Coach Jonathan’s Instagram

- Coach Chad’s Instragram

- Regulated transport of the glucose transporter GLUT4

- Exercise, GLUT4, and skeletal muscle glucose uptake

- Insulin and insulin resistance

- Exercise alleviates lipid-induced insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle-signaling interaction at the level of TBC1 domain family member 4

- Exercise-Induced alterations in intramyocellular lipids and insulin resistance: The athlete’s paradox revisited

- Metabolic Syndrome

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