- The pre-competition phase

What was the objective of this phase?

The objective for all endurance sports is to maximize your glycogen stock, that is to say increase your reserves of carbohydrates stored in the body, in the liver and especially in the muscles.

The greater the reserves at the start of the competition, the more the athlete will be able to carry out a high intensity effort over time, in fact carbohydrates are the best energy fuel for exercise, the one allowing a higher effort. intensity over time.

We are going to approach the last week before the effort, even if what will really interest us will be the last 3 days before the big day. So why the last week? Because what was fashionable for a long time and which is less used today took place over 7 to 8 days is the Scandinavian dissociated diet.