Is Carb Loading a Myth?

Triathlon Nutrition Academy · Aug 6, 2026 · 19m

Is carb loading a myth? A paper published in June has social media convinced that it is.

A comment landed on my socials this week saying exactly that. It didn't appear out of nowhere. There is a new paper doing the rounds, the headlines have picked it up and sprinted into some pretty heavy clickbait territory, and they have taken it somewhere I don't think the authors ever wanted it to go. So I'm going to tell you exactly what that paper says, what it doesn't say and how to apply it to you as an age group triathlete.

I'll walk you through the 14 studies this whole argument rests on, why only…