039. What is Bonking During Exercise?
from The Preferred Experience Hosted by Kris LeSueur
I am going to start with a definition from Wikipedia: hitting the wall or the bonk is a condition of sudden fatigue and loss of energy which is caused by the depletion of glycogen stores in the liver and muscles. Milder instances can be remedied by brief rest and the ingestion of food or drinks containing carbohydrates. This can happen in CrossFit but I have experienced this more with workouts that go well over an hour and recently experienced this in the Grand Canyon this last weekend as I completed the Rim to Rim to Rim Challenge. It is about 48 miles with 11,700 feet of climbing and almost 11,000 feet of decent. My hope is that my experience I share today will help you with your Grand Canyon hike in a couple weeks! We want to help you to do your best! It is all about having a strategy and sticking to it throughout the hike. Tell story Join Tiersa and I next week where we will have a nutrition episode that will help you with strategy and prepare you for the Grand Canyon! Click the link to get started on the best hour of your day. Today!💦 https://crossfitpreferred.com/try-cro... You can also listen to this episode on any of your favorite podcast platforms, Instagram, @ crossfitpreferred.com and YouTube! If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we would love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts or any of your favorite places to listen to podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better!
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