Sentences with phrase «fat ultrarunner»

The 8 % body fat ultrarunner - types are all excellent fat - burners.

Not exact matches

There are 2 main reasons we can't: (1) it's impossible for the body to ingest calories at a rate of 800 per hour while exercising — even ultrarunners who have trained this for a long time can only do 300 - 350, and they are burning calories at a rate of say 1500 per hour --(2) the body is wired so that at lower intensities you get more fat - burning and at higher intensities you get more sugar burning.

So yes as Ivan pointed it is very possible to burn that level of fat calories per minute as the the average of the 10 low carb / high fat / ketogenic ultrarunners in this study reached levels of 13.6 fat calories per minute.

Usually, it's a good idea to fuel with carbs during a race — it helps the body stoke the fat - burning engine — but again, insofar you don't need to, you are the better ultrarunner.