Is Your Easy Run Wasting Glycogen and Limiting High-Intensity Performance?
Is Your Easy Run Wasting Glycogen and Limiting High-Intensity Performance? The dogma of the “easy run” suggests that low-intensity running is the primary driver of metabolic adaptation. The prevailing consensus among hobbyists is that running slow burns fat and spares glycogen for the hard efforts. However, a critical analysis of the physiological data reveals a dangerous flaw in this logic: if you are not sparing glycogen during your easy sessions, you are failing to signal the metabolic machinery required for high-intensity performance, potentially without realizing it. ...