Eating post-training

[OakLeaf]

In an unconditioned individual you will see a lot of glycogen used even for lower intensity aerobic activity

Wahine, everything you said makes really good sense to me.

I just have a question about one thing re: the above statement. When you say "lower intensity," do you mean that activity that seems lower intensity to the unconditioned individual would still deplete their glycogen stores? Or are you talking about activity that might be very low-intensity to a conditioned athlete, but puts the deconditioned person into high perceived exertion?

[lph]

This all makes excellent sense. Climbing I'm careful about eating too much in advance, my stomach tends to "discuss matters" with my harness if it's full...
If I'm climbing hard (indoors, 2 hrs) I'll ALWAYS get hungry after an hour or so no matter what, then it's off to the reception to see if they have any bananas, or scrounge a sandwich off my climbing buddies... And I drink a lot too.

Biking I rarely get hungry. I eat well in advance, and will maybe eat one energy bar in the course of two or three hours. I don't get very thirsty either, which has surprised me because I sure get all het up and sweaty I get thirsty afterwards though, and will eat anything not nailed down.

But I think maybe very aerobic exercise suppresses appetite while you're doing it. Climbing is more high-intensity but feels "less strenuous" since there are a lot of down-periods interspersed. And it seems that my body can tell the difference just fine

[OakLeaf]

will eat anything not nailed down. But I think maybe very aerobic exercise suppresses appetite while you're doing it.

That's the case for me and I think most people. I really have to force myself to eat immediately after a ride. But if I do that, and replenish my glycogen stores right away, then I DON'T get the bout of ravenousness 3-4 hours later.

If I don't replenish immediately after a long ride (7+ hours), I'm ravenous and physically depleted for literally days afterward. It's amazing how many calories I can actually avoid, just by choking down a couple of Clif bars when the last thing I want to do is eat