196: Are Carbs Needed During Lifting Sessions?

Everyone is so carbophobic these days yet traditional sports nutrition data still point to the importance of carb ingestion during and around the workout time. Today’s study uses very advanced powerlifters and bodybuilders and looks into this issue closer and leads to discussion largely in support of carbs during weight training with anecdotal support from a few sources. John always reviews the full text of every article, but to see the abstract of the study discussed, click here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23442284

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