EPISODE 03: CARBOHYDRATES AND RECOVERY: WHAT ATHLETES STILL GET WRONG
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What are the common myths about carbs and recovery that athletes believe?
Welcome to episode number three of the Unlocking Performance The Ministry podcast. Once again, it's all about carbohydrates, but today it's about carbohydrates and recovery. The biggest myths, the biggest mistakes when thinking carbohydrates and recovery, why you shouldn't neglect it. But we also tell you why calorie counting isn't always the best tool. What is important about Mark Rio? And surprise, why you shouldn't always have anti-inflammatory food around your trainer? So let's jump straight into it. Welcome back to Unlocking Performance, the Ministry Podcast. Today's episode number three is all about carbohydrates and recovery. We've spoken previously about carbohydrates for fueling and during races, but they're so important about recovery.
And that's what the topic is today. And I got my three experts with me again. But before I introduce them, remember every new client with the code MinistryPodCast20, you get 20% off on the ministry taste in box. And with that, let's jump straight into it. And since it's only our third episode, I'm gonna ask Julian, Paul, and Rob to introduce each other quickly, our experts on the podcast here. Julian, let's start with you.
Hi everybody, my name is Julian Louis. I'm an academic at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK and a performance nutritionist in Edit Sports. Walking trunk in pro water cycling. uh previously in um pronomic football. Triathlon, um a couple of um MMA athletes as well. So quite varied. Great to have you again. Um
Paul. Hi, I'm Paul Booth. Um I work in Lee Ultra and Trail Running over in the UK at Leeds Beckett University, where I'm also a lecturer as well in nutrition and physiology. And the last in the round, Robert.
Hi everyone. Um my name is Robert Gorgos. I'm the product developer at Ministry. I'm a nutrition scientist coming from TU Munich. And I'm a lecturer at uh the DHGS. It's a small private university in Bavaria.
All right, great to have you all. And for our listeners out there, carbohydrates and recovery. So, some of the questions we want to talk about and answer is do I need carbohydrates? You know, do I need recovery shakes where everything is mixed? Um, if carbs, how many would I need? When do I need them? And we're gonna talk about things like open window and so on, popular names out there. We're gonna answer all the questions you have, and I'm gonna start it off with a bit of a controversial. controversial ones. I keep hearing recovery is protein. Is that wrong?
I wouldn't say it is wrong. Um Of course you need protein to recover. You need protein as like an essential nutrient because you cannot make it yourself. You need to Get all the essential amino acid. assets um You probably also need some amino acids in in the so called open window. Maybe we can talk about this in detail later. But I wouldn't say uh recovery equals protein. Uh, I think we need to cover this more in detail. Um Probably recovery on the first place is uh Covering energy needs from day to day. That's probably the most important topic. Then it's covering uh carbohydrate needs because if you go totally empty on carbohydrates. uh recovery sucks. You will not be able to execute uh a good training session the next day.
So uh And of course like I said you you need some proteins, you also need some high quality proteins like special amino acids to uh to just Yeah, cover your your daily needs like everyone does. I mean this c is probably uh also very important for for an athlete competing and multiple day uh stage uh races like in in Volta cycling. But um I would definitely say recovery does not equal protein uh probably carbohydrates play an even more important role in a d on a day-to-day basis, talking about recovery from intense physical exercise.
And when you go we've got to go into detail um with that of course, um also for the different sports, the different exercises and so on. But you mentioned something, the open window. And Julian, I'm gonna ask you, is there such a thing as the open window after training? And if so, what's the first things you should be doing after training?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the common myths about carbs and recovery that athletes believe?
0:04–4:56
2
How do carbohydrates, protein, and the “open window” affect post‑exercise recovery?
4:56–10:17
3
What’s the difference between liver glycogen and muscle glycogen for recovery?
10:17–17:34
4
How much carbohydrate should be consumed per kilogram of body weight and when?
17:34–26:45
5
How does carbohydrate strategy differ for single‑day races versus multi‑day events?
26:45–37:27
6
When is calorie counting useful and how much deficit is safe for athletes?
37:27–50:38
7
Do anti‑inflammatory foods like cherry juice improve recovery and when should they be used?
50:38–1:02:37
8
What practical guidelines (recovery shakes, timing, food quality) should athletes follow?
1:02:37–1:22:01
Speakers
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