Four Common Misconceptions About Exercise

Four Common Misconceptions About Exercise

The world of exercise and physical fitness has been flooded with information for consumers. Every Saturday morning you can find an overwhelming number of marketed fitness programs on your television promoting the best way to exercise for weight loss. Some of these “fitness professionals” p... Read Full Story

I like most of that - but from my personal experience- very intense cardio workout are not very good for some of us on a very low carb diet.   Low carb diet long term = low glycogen storage in the muscles and in the liver.  That glycogen is needed to keep blood sugar stable - and burn as we exercise.  Low glycogen level and intense workout may lead to hypoglycemia... (don't I know it !!!) and would make a person to eat carbs just to bring the blood sugar level  up.  Not cool. 

Now there is another concept - eat carbs before exercise... hm.. counterproductive if someone wants to burn fat and not carbs...

Finding the right balance between cardio and fat burning zone - so the person does not require to eat before exercise... or does not require to eat carbs/sugar to fight the exercise induced hypoglycemia.