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

Professional Supplements for Wise Athletes (click to see the always discount) 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 Help the show: 3 ways to support our show:  Leave a review (or share this episode) Check out our Fullscript site to save big on high quality supplements. Thank you! Email us your questions at [email protected]. *This content is never meant to serve as medical advice.