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Train Metabolic Flexibility
Use diet manipulation and some exercise manipulation to teach the body to preferentially use fat at lower intensities and carbohydrate at high intensities. Longer cardio bouts and somewhat lower carbohydrate intake were discussed as ways to improve fat utilization and metabolic efficiency.
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“What we try to do, yes, through diet manipulation and a little bit of exercise manipulation is, as you say, teach the body or train the body to preferentially use a specific fuel source, fat, obviously, at lower intensities and carbohydrate at high intensities.”
huberman · How to Exercise for Strength Gains & Hormone Optimization | Dr. Duncan French · Nov 8, 2021 · 1:00:53 · open ↗
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