Carbohydrate's Possible Role in Overtraining

[Sportsmedjosh]

What is your thought about the possible role that carbohydrates play in overtraining. I know there are a lot of runners that are marathoners. I am no where near being a marathoner and only really have a idea about CHO and over training which i will explain. However theories constructed by exercise physiologist have been proven wrong before. The athletes body really doesn't follow the same rules as everyone else does. Here is my theroy.

A gradual depletion of the body's carbhydrate reserves with repeated strenous training may contribute to the over training syndrome. If a person ws to run 3 days in a row of 10 miles, the glycogen in their thigh muscle becomes nearly depleated. I looked into this further and found that this occured in runners whose diets contained up to 40% to 60% of total calories as carbohydrates. Also glycogen use on the 3 day avgeraged around 72% less than on the first day.

[LoveGuinness]

i have NO idea what you are trying to say....help me out here (the last paragraph is throwing me off)

[Sportsmedjosh]

Do you think carbohydrates have a role in over training.

[LoveGuinness]

how would they?

[cabezon]

I don't see how carbohydrates would contribute to the problem if they aren't being used. Also, I know what overtraining is exactly, but as a syndrome, it affects so many systems, I would think that it would be more of a hormonal protection than a result of diet. Immune system response is lowered, sleep cycles are disturbed, the resting heart rate is raised, and there is emotional disturbance as well.

Since massage appears to relieve overtraining, along with Ice baths, I would be looking to the muscle fibers themselves and how they are protecting them selves from further damage.

But I'm just a runner that would never run 10 miles for three days in a row.

[Soup Nazi]

:dunno

[Sportsmedjosh]

welcome back soup.