Carb Loading for LOTS of cardio??

[Gladiola]

Hi Ladies (& Gents!),

I'm teaching an aerobics class tonight at 6:30, then again tomorrow at 6AM, but since I took a vacation day from work tomorrow, I offered to fill in for someone else with another class at 9:30.

Then I got an e-mail from a very good friend in dire need of a substitute for a 12:30 BodyPump class [muscular endurance training]!!!!

We are basically required to work HARD when we teach... if we aren't giving 110%, how can we expect the members in class to give 100% & be motivating to them? Besides, I have more fun when I work hard & get my HR WAY UP & run & jump around like a nut. So these classes will be fairly intense cardio for me.

So my question is this... how do I eat to prepare for a mini-aerobics- teaching marathon? Do I eat carbs tonight to be ready for tomorrow?
Thanks!

p.s. I don't do this many classes very often!

 

[new@gettinbig]

I would eat some good ol carbs tonight and some early in the morning too...If you dont take them in you are going to crash and crash hard....make sure you keep your water intake up today and eat a good solid 6 meals today and get a good nights rest as well. Best of luck to you..better you than me

 

[anthrax]

you have to restore your glycogen / load with carbs the day before you are running/teaching marathon

you should also eat food 2-3 hours before you start cardio
and drink plenty of water

 

[wilson6]

Carb up and also drink Gatorade in-between sessions. This is nothing more than prolonged endurance exercise and we know that ingestion of carbs while exercising lenghtens time to fatigue.

W6

 

[MS]

Yeah, and some caffeine is a good idea too (if you're not already into it).