Performance Nutrition Digest

Performance Nutrition Digest

Fasted training is associated with a 1.61x increased incidence of bone injuries🚨

One significant reason to avoid fasted training!

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Tom Coughlin
Oct 16, 2024
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Prevalence of reducing carbohydrate intake and fasted training in elite endurance athletes and association with bone injury

Background

Fasted training (or carb restricted training) is a popular approach for performance or practicality purposes, but how does this training approach affect bone health? 🧐

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