A sports medicine physician in Silver Spring, Maryland, explains what carb loading is and how it can help certain athletes.

And if you’re an athlete—even a recreational one, somebody who likes to jog and lift—you may find that simple carbs like sugar help to fuel your workouts. That, in turn, lets you do more ...

All athletes ate enough carbohydrates after a game. When it came to protein, all the athletes in our study met their requirements across the season, including on match days.

JOHN WELBOURN. John Welbourn, the founder and CEO of Power Athlete, Inc., is a former 9- year NFL starter. Drafted in the 1999 NFL Draft as the 97th pick, John left his mark as a starter for the ...

Carb cycling helps endurance athletes keep their energy up during hard exercises, such as marathon running. It may help them burn fat, build muscle, and increase endurance.

When I started writing about sports science two decades ago, fueling advice for endurance athletes was simple. The goal was to take in roughly 60 grams of carbohydrate per hour, in order to ...

Carb loading for a marathon is a well-known tactic used by both amateur and professional endurance athletes. But do you know how to carb-load effectively? Or what the best foods for carb loading are?

Low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets may help endurance athletes perform better, but team and sprint athletes may see a drop in their performance. Share on Pinterest Ketogenic diets are not just for ...

As I tell all my athletes, don’t fear carbs. Carbs are excellent tool to spike insulin levels when we need it most, in the post workout training window.

To up the carb content, a professional athlete might add sliced banana, muesli and maple syrup. The key concept here, Bubbs explained, is carbohydrate periodization: ...

All athletes ate enough carbohydrates after a game. When it came to protein, all the athletes in our study met their requirements across the season, including on match days.