Countdown to Lake Placid Ironman
On my way to building mitochondrial mass, and with it efficient use of storage fat, via beta-oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria, and carbohydrates (not too much of that except on long workouts and races, when I supplement Paleo with some carbs - been there, tried that!) via pyruvate, NADH and FADH2, and then the electron transport chain, as for fats.
Mitochondria have an ancient bacterial lineage - fascinating. They are our key energy factories.
As you age, efficiency becomes increasingly important, including metabolic or bioenergetic efficiency.
If you want to understand your body, you’ll need to read a little Biochemistry, and what better place than ‘Harper’s great book.’
Workout:
Trainer bike: 5 min warmup at 80 watts, 45 min at 110 watts, 5 min cool down at 80 watts. I used a 1 min standing/4 min sitting (upright and slightly back to minimize hip flexion) routine throughout the 45 min segment. Great ride, made me sweat - must be badly out of shape, but that’ll change.
OK! Back on the road to the Cleveland Clinic - thanks for the internet and some pretty good coffee, Micky Dees.
Important Note: These posts do not provide medical advice. You should always consult your physician before undertaking or significantly modifying an exercise program.
Copyright © 2010 Kevin T. Morgan aka FitOldDog, Old Dogs in Training, LLC.
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Can you pleas translate paragraph one into plain English it being the language that I speak?
Ah! Now there’s a bloggable topic that interests me a great deal - Cliff Notes For Life. I’ll be back. I’ll write it in the waiting rooms of the Cleveland Clinic, where I am about to drive for another big dose of radiation (CT scan), hopefully combined with a big dose of encouragement. I’ll be back. -k
For somebody English who doesn’t know it, High School students in the USA read the Cliff Notes of set literature instead of reading the actual books. This is what it says on Wikipedia. “CliffsNotes are a series of student study guides available primarily in the United States. The guides present and explain literary and other works in pamphlet form. Detractors of the study guides claim they let students bypass reading the assigned literature.”
I agree, as a detractor - makes no sense to pretend you read the book. One lives a book!