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FASTED TRAINING

What is it?

asted training involves riding on an empty stomach, primarily to encourage your body to burn more fat for fuel, rather than carbohydrate, in order to improve your stamina. This usually means riding in the morning without having eaten anything since dinner the night before. “Because you haven’t eaten anything, you need to stay at a low workload the whole time, around Zone 2 (56-75 per cent threshold power/69-83 per cent max heart rate), so relatively easy riding,” explains

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