Lack of Energy

[CCT]

Recently i've been doing a lot more intense long distance and HIIT swimming for 1.5-2.5 hours per day to prepare for a bug open ocean swim im doing, and ive had so little energy on my ULC days (BL 2x per week), despite adding almost twice as many calories.  Ive had to tone back on lifting, which is somethingi dont want to do.  I know an extra backload each week could be helpful for energy, but my question is with the amount of activity i'm doing, will an extra backload slow down fat loss

[Richard Schmitt]

No either add more fats and add an extra day in. It won't stall fat loss

[staralur03]

I vote, yes, do it.

[CBachelor17]

No either add more fats and add an extra day in. It won't stall fat loss

+1 Adding fats is an a good option, I personally would make it MCT oil or Coconut Oil if you do. If you decide to add a day I would personally change the amount I ate accordingly.

[T-Bone300]

Recently i've been doing a lot more intense long distance and HIIT swimming for 1.5-2.5 hours per day

He he,  2.5 hours of HIIT might be the issue!Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

[CCT]

Its only about 20 minutes HIIT, the rest is just laps

[CBachelor17]

Everyday though? I think HIIT is probably a mixture of either pointless and/or counter productive on CBL. At least everyday. Your backloading to have an intense training session, but in the case of doing HIIT your instead using the Backloaded glycogen on HIIT. 1or2 on off days makes more sense than everyday IMO.

[Richard Schmitt]

There is honestly no reason to ever do HIIT everyday. I learned that the hard way.

[Gl;itch.e]

Reality check: Whats most important to you right now? Performance for your up coming event or fat loss? One will suffer. You choose.

[Trevor G Fullbright]

Agreed with the others.You can do HIIT everyday, but you better backload accordingly, so daily and likely fairly large.

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