Carbs For Athletes: What to Eat and When to Feel, Train + Recover Your Best

If you’ve ever felt confused about carbs - how much you need, when to eat them, whether sugar is “bad”, or why some days you feel incredible in the gym and other days like your legs are made of wet tissue paper - this episode was MADE for you.

I'm breaking down the most misunderstood macronutrient for athletes: carbohydrates.

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✨ What you’ll learn in this episode

• Why carbs matter for energy, recovery, performance, and even your brain

• The biggest carb mistakes athletes make (and how to fix them)

• How to spot signs of under-fuelling

• How to figure out your carb needs using both research and real-life context

• How to use carb cycling to fuel smarter (not “eat clean and hope for the best”)

• The difference between slow, medium, and fast carbs - and exactly when to use each

• How to stop fearing sugar and start using carbs as strategic fuel

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✨ This episode is for you if:

You train regularly and want better energy, performance, and consistency

You’re tired of second-guessing carbs

You want to fuel in a way that matches your training — not fights it

You want simple, realistic nutrition guidance that works in real life

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🔗 Links & Resources

👉 Join The Athlete Nutrition Blueprint (ANB) I’ll personally set your calorie, protein, carb and fat targets in Phase 1 of ANB: The Blueprint Baseline.From there, you’ll learn everything from how to consistently hit your targets, how you adapt them for your goals (including fat loss and muscle gain), and even how to perfectly time your meals and snacks around your workouts to maximise performance, recovery and body composition. Introductory pricing ends Monday 1 December (when the price jumps from £297 → £497).Payment plan available - start today for just £99!

👉 Grab Meal Timing Mastery at half price

The ultimate step-by-step curriculum covering everything you need to know about matching your meal timing perfectly with your training PLUS plug-and-play calculators and walkthroughs to put it all into practice with ease!👉 Take the FREE T.R.A.I.N. AssessmentMy free 2-minute quiz to uncover what’s holding back your progress.

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💬 Connect with me

Instagram: @georgiaradleynutrition
TikTok: @georgia.radley
YouTube: @GeorgiaRadley

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Don't forget to drop a comment letting me know your go-to pre-training carbs, too! 👇