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#171 | Managing Glucose for Athletes | Hunter Allen, Peaks Coaching Group

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Hunter Allen Bio:

Hunter Allen, ex-pro cyclist, coach and author has recently authored “Training and Competing with a Continuous Glucose Monitor”.   Hunter is best known for his work with power meters and for developing the power training principles.  He’s the co-author of “Training and Racing with a Power Meter”, along with “Cutting Edge Cycling” and “Triathlon: Training with Power”.   Hunter was one of the co-developers of TrainingPeaks WKO software and a co-founder of TrainingPeaks.  He founded and currently operates The Peaks Coaching Group.

Key Ideas:

  • Managing blood glucose is not only important for health and longevity, it impacts athletic performance in real time
  • Wearing a CGM provides access to the raw data needed to manage glucose via diet, feed schedule, activity
  • For athletic performance, keeping blood glucose in the high performance zone means no bonking or premature fatigue.
    • Episode Resources
    • Hunter's Coaching Website -- PeaksCoachingGroup.com
    • CGM Book Website - TrainingandCompetingwithaCGM.com
      • Key Discussion Points:
      • Discover how and why seeing your continuous blood glucose with a CGM in real time will give you an edge in your sport with the ability to:
      • Optimize the timing of nutrition intake (for exercise, for sleep…?)
      • Determine the correct serving of foods to positively impact energy levels
      • Understand the proper type of foods to use to “prime” your system before training or an event (“top off glycogen stores” without causing hypo-glycemic rebound?)
      • Recognize patterns of poor nutrition and correct them (food combos, volume of fast carbs)
      • Learn your blood glucose highs and lows throughout the day to correct them for better glucose stability (why correct them?)
      • And so much more
        • Related episodes & links:
        • Episode 87 | Zeroing in on Fun AND Fitness part 2 of 2 | Hunter Allen
        • Episode 86 | Make Training Fun for Better Performance part 1 of 2 Hunter Allen
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