Peri-workout nutrition

We've talked about pre workout nutrition (be comfortable,) post workout nutrition (carbs and protein,) let's discuss peri-workout nutrition. During today's tabata, did you find yourself completely drained about six minutes in? You told your muscles to move and they screamed back, "The tank's empty, Boss!" It's possible this was local muscular fatigue (a result of lactic acid build up among other things,) but it may also be the case that your muscles ran out of their main fuel source during aerobic work- glycogen (blood sugar.) To do high intensity exercise, we have to consume carbohydrates as they produce the main fuel source- sugar. Drinking simple sugars during a workout can help fuel you through grinding WODs. I mix lemonade and sip at it, Christian (pictured) brought a Gatorade today, a well timed piece of fruit may do the trick. What will work best for you? There's only one way to find out- experiment. Try a couple different options and see what works best. Share your best practice with me later, too!