Sure, we’re all familiar with the word “carbohydrate,” but what exactly is a carb, what does it do, and why should triathletes want to carb load? Let's begin with the basics. Carbohydrates are one of ...

Old fitness lore would suggest that you need carbohydrates before your workout to fuel your training. Logically it makes ...

For many years, sports nutrition was rooted in a simple metaphor: the body is an engine, glycogen (the body’s quick-release carbohydrate reserve) is its fuel, and fatigue occurs when the tank runs low ...

How long before a marathon should you start carb loading, and how do you know how much to eat? Far more than just eating a bowl of pasta the night before, a good carb load can make all the difference ...

Carbohydrate loading, more commonly known as ‘carb loading’, is an important nutrition strategy used by endurance athletes to ...

Does carb-loading actually work? It's a fair question when you consider your running diet. Excess carbs can lead to weight gain (especially simple carbs, such as sugar or white bread), even when ...

Starting a long-distance race with full a full tank of glycogen (aka stored carbs in your muscles and liver) can help you avoid the dreaded “bonk”. For years, it has been a popular practice to hit up ...

Carb-loading before exercise is believed to fuel workouts and help speed recovery. As evidenced by your prerace or pregame pasta dinners in high school, the mainstream conversation around this topic ...

It’s become something of a stereotyped custom in running communities to chow down on pasta the night before a big race. Typically this practice begins in high school cross country, for which the ...