SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone

Boring: Every endurance athletes knows and fears it, so wouldn't just that happen when you do your cardio on empty in the morning? And what about the effects on your brain power? Will your gray matter bonk, as well? And if so, what can be done about it? Today's SuppVersity post is a little different from the usual "Training on empty? Yes / No / Maybe!" debate that flares up every now and then on almost every fitness related bulletin board of the World Wide Web. And in as much as I would like to say that this was all the credits belong to me, the fact that the the following dissertation may actually make a practically relevant contribution is due to the experimental design of the latest study from the Northumbria University in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, in the UK (Veasey. 2013). Why is that? Well, contrary to the majority of breakfast "yes or no" studies this one has both an exercise and and a cognitive performance aspect. Since I suppose that most o...

Photo of a typical disciple of the cult of the "fat burning zone". Day 3 of the  SuppVersity Exercise Science Week and for some of you maybe about time to have breakfast... hold on, breakfast? But shouldn't you work out before breakfast? I mean this whole cardio in the morning business you have taken up lately is all about doing it before , not after breakfast isn't it? You grab your WIFI-connected iPhone tune in to the Super Human Radio morning cardio mash-up and hop onto your cycle ergometer, treadmill, rowing machine, elliptical, spinning bike, stepper, or whatever else you may be using  - no breakfast no intra-workout supplement - at least no carbs, right? Ah, and of course you are going to work out at the highest intensity possible, to burn more fat later on, after all, you are no disciple of the cult of the "fat burning zone", right? Right! And still you have your doubts, hah? Now, I can't tell you whether the above has anything to do with...