https://academic.oup.com/edrv/advance-article/doi/10.1210/endrev/bnaf038/8432248?searchresult=1 Big paper from some big names challenging that more carbs is always the ideal strategy. Points out that exercise-induced hypoglycemia correlates strongly with exercise fatigue, much higher than glycogen stores. Also, good podcast discussing the paper in-depth below: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PR2jkrj0NOnQzlYOJ5LSQ

Intent: I'm Still operating like I'm in phase zero. My goal today was primarily to improving gait quality - hobbling around sucks and I want this back first. The other thing I wanted to do was explore some movement combinations where I could use a yielding ISO on my injured right leg + an overcoming ISO on my healthy left leg, using the "cross-education" principle. The way we understand it is that training the healthy limb maintains strength, coordination, and muscle activation in the injured limb WITHOUT DIRECT LOADING. It's mainly a NEURAL adaptation not a muscular. -------------------------------------------------- Rehab / Training Session: A. BFR Bike-erg - 5:30min @ 2:20 pace, damper 3 • Wrapped BOTH legs here. I had to move the wrap on my right (injured) leg 3–4" lower than where I'd normally use my cuffs simply due to the location of the strain. • Wrap was a subjective 7/10 tension, minimal pain in the injury site, but got a REALLY strong pump / BFR response from this by the 5min mark -- I'm going to call that success. -------------------------------------------------- B. Contralateral Circuit - 4 Rounds 1min Ski @ R2 recovery pace 10sec Hand Assist SJ Stance Yielding ISO (injured leg = leg trail leg) 10sec SJ Stance Overcoming ISO (injured leg = lead leg) • My goal here was to try to reclaim the position of injury as soon as possible and start building confidence / strength in the rec fem with a safe / low-pain isometric. I had a lot of shaking, but no escalation in pain and a definite improvement in gait after this **note: I added a video of this movement paring -------------------------------------------------- C. Bilateral + Contralateral Circuit - 4 Rounds 10 Box Squats w/ Chains (18" Bench, up to 105#, with 40# chain) 15sec Hand Supported Low-lunge ISO (injured leg = trail leg) *deeper knee flex & hip ext, but less overall loading 8 Single-DB Split Squat (injured leg = lead leg) -------------------------------------------------- D. Finisher: