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After weights = after glucose is in your blood = not fasted.
Maybe try cardio first for 45 days.
Maybe try cardio first for 45 days.
I’ll bite. Just so we all have context and understand the perspective you use in making these assertions, what sorts of endurance activities do you do engage in, or have you engaged in? For what it’s worth, I agree that not all endurance endeavors are competitive, and most aren’t.Yes, I have managed to live long enough to gain
I do not do competitive endurance activities...which does not mean I do not engage in endurance activities.
Again, the factual assertion is not correct. Your body releases glucose into your bloodstream from the liver when exercising, including exercising below your aerobic threshold.If you exercise for an hour below your aerobic threshold your body does not release glucose.
I engage in fitness activities/lifestyle that gave me a 901 total t last test, 11 months ago.
If you want to win the battle of I do more than someone 25 years olxer than me ...well that is just sad. So is trying to shame me for being older.
What is you total t without supplementation?
As blood glucose drops, your liver receives a hormone signal and releases glucose to maintain blood glucose levels. That happens when you exercise, even at aerobic levels.Your body does not release glucose simply from exercising. Your heart rate tells your body when to release glucose.
I have tested my glucose and lactate levels before, during and after exercising under various circumstances for about six months. So I know what I am talking about.
You could be sound asleep and have a nightmare that gets your heart rate up high and your body will release glucose while you lay there asleep.
The hormone signal is insulin from your pancreas.As blood glucose drops, your liver receives a hormone signal and releases glucose to maintain blood glucose levels. That happens when you exercise, even at aerobic levels.
What does your testing show? That would be cool data. For aerobic exercise, does it show an increase, decrease, or steady levels of blood glucose before and after? And what sort of exercise and duration? Very cool data - if you’re not a performance/competitive athlete, what prompted you to get those tests? I’ve seen some reports on people wearing continuous glucose monitors And they’re kind of cool.
Insulin is the hormone that transfers glucose from the blood to the cells. Glucogen (I think, may be wrong on the name) is the hormone that releases glucose from the liver to the blood, including during exercise. But there are different hormones that have different impacts; the point is that glucose levels are controlled by hormones, not heart rate.The hormone signal is insulin from your pancreas.
There is a huge difference in insulin/glucose level increases between high heart rate and at or below aerobic threshold heart rate. That is why fasted liss burns fat away since oxygen burning fat is the aerobic pathway. Protein and carbs will also be used if they are available. Doing liss within the correct parameters is the best training anyone can do, other training is necessary also depending upon your goals.
I did not get tests I did it myself because I wanted to know what training was going to best accomplish my goals.
I used basically a similar process to figure out how to raise my t. Adequate sleep, lack of stress and lower body fat% was key for that. Plus diet.
Have a good evening.
The amount of glucose released during fasted at or below aerobic capacity heart rate is minimal...a person in a coma releases glucose so yes releasing glucose is a normal bodily function which occurs thru the day/night.. The release of glucose is controlled by heart rate during exercise. Whether that is directly controlled or controlled thru hormones is a mute point.Insulin is the hormone that transfers glucose from the blood to the cells. Glucogen (I think, may be wrong on the name) is the hormone that releases glucose from the liver to the blood, including during exercise. But there are different hormones that have different impacts; the point is that glucose levels are controlled by hormones, not heart rate.
High intensity exercise will result in higher blood glucose levels because the liver will release more glucose to keep up with the needs of the muscles. But the liver will indeed release glucose during exercise at aerobic intensity.
I don’t disagree with most of what you’ve said, except the assertion that *fasted* aerobic exercise is the key to weight lost. Aerobic exercise teaches the body to more effectively use fat as fuel. But that’s an energy systems concept, not a weight loss concept. It’s an easy error to make, but it is an error.
Aerobic exercise is a good recommendation to someone looking to lose weight. *Fasted* aerobic exercise is not a good recommendation, and perhaps we can wrap things up at that point.
The reason he started this thread is the nonfasted cardio is not working for what he wants.Our respective experiences are adequately set forth in the thread. I think OP has what he needs to evaluate whether doing *fasted* aerobic work, rather than just aerobic work — whether fueled or fasted — is the best approach for him.