Nick Bare

reducing protein breakdown, and potentially increasing nutrient delivery to the muscles being trained.

So, more carbs, more muscle glycogen, better pumps, better ability to build muscle and recover from training sessions.

Carbohydrates have an important role in both resistance training and endurance training.

I think most people would confirm and argue that appropriate carbohydrate consumption and intake on a daily basis, but especially before, during and after training is more important in endurance training than in resistance training.

But that's not to say that carbohydrates don't play a vital role in strength and resistance training.

And especially if you follow a training program like I do, a hybrid approach of running and lifting, carbohydrates are definitely necessary and critical.

The way that I structure my day is I run in the morning, I have carbohydrates before and after, and then I lift in the afternoon.

If I run in the morning and I don't put...

a focus and emphasis on carbohydrate consumption and nutrition.

When it comes to go train in the afternoon in the gym, I'm going to feel like garbage, flat, depleted, no energy, poor pump, poor performance.

For someone who trains hybrid, endurance and strength, carbohydrates are

calorie consumption, it's necessary to fuel the training sessions, but also recover and set yourself up for the next session.

Now, a question that I typically get and I see is, are some carbohydrates superior than others?

And I believe the answer is yes.

Here's my approach.

It depends, and I say this lightly, I don't want people to take this out of context.

It depends on how many carbohydrates you have to consume on a daily basis and what you're training for.

Now, when I was in my Ironman prep and I had to consume a thousand grams of carbohydrates on certain days, I can tell you right now, all of those thousand grams of carbs were not coming from oatmeal, sweet potatoes, fruit, rice.

I was consuming cereal in the evening.

Before going to bed, I was having a massive bowl of cereal with 100 grams of carbs in it.