The impact of various dietary strategies, including the alternative ketogenic diet - recently popular among strength athletes, has not been unequivocally assessed in the high-intensity sport disciplines that Crossfit belongs to. There is also a lack of data in these disciplines about the potential longer adaptation of athletes to the very low carbohydrate intake resulting from the ketogenic diet and its impact in high-intensity Crossfit training. Therefore, the purpose of this study was the assessment of the influence of a 4-week KD and a CHO-LGI diet on physical and specific performance capacity, exercise metabolism, as well as concentrations of the selected biochemical blood markers in Crossfit- trained athletes, in a randomised and parallel trial.
The purpose of the presented study was to assess the influence of Ketogenic (KD) and a carbohydrate diet with a low glycemic index (CHO-LGI) of a 4-week diet on physical and specific performance capacity, exercise metabolism, as well as concentrations of the selected biochemical blood markers in Crossfit- trained athletes, in a randomised and parallel trial.