Total anecdote here, but one with a pretty large number of people, and you’ll have to take me at my word (so not worth very much):
I have worked with several hundred folks 1:1 as a diet coach, maybe 5% of which had >4W/kg 20min power, and have prescribed anywhere from 50-120g per hour for 90+ minute sessions during effective weight loss diets.
Cool. That’s kind of what I was thinking. All those posts that I have seen has involved weight gain.
I suspect I ought to be more clear when recommending increased intra-workout fueling, that there needs to be a concomitant reduction in kcal consumption outside of training, though usually slightly less than the increase on the bike due to increased kcal burn as a result of better fueling, as well as probably higher post-exercise metabolic rate due to increased cellular adaptations.
Thank you for bringing to the forefront of my attention. I’ll consider this when posting in the future.
I have a 3.1 W/kg and drink 20-40% more carbs per hour than he does.
You’re totally right.
Thankfully, neither was that the audience of that paper I cited.
Nor was it the reason that I mentioned my wife was a higher level cyclist.
I mentioned her athleticism to clarify that “random ppl” ≠ “sport scientists with very relevant sporting experience.”
For context to all reading here, the average W/kg of my clients is probably 2.4W/kg, if I had to guess. Probably 50-60% female, 40-50% male. They all lose weight and improve blood panel results with higher carb fueling strategies. In fact, I use a higher carb fueling strategy specifically as a means to weight loss in most folks because it controls hunger for a lot of folks since hypoglycemia during and post-exercise is a powerful stimulant of hunger.