how/why does Zone 3-5 training impact recovery time on Zone 2 max- even when I wait the suggested recovery time by my Garmin watch? Zone 2 is supposed to burn primarily Fat, and the others primarily glucose. So, why/how does one affect the other? Is it the waste products of one pathway gums up the workings of the other?
how does Type 2 diabetes affect/impact recovery times compared to normal people. I notice that I require much more recovery time than that predicted/suggested by my Garmin watch? Zone 3-5 training recovery time predictions seem to be much further off than that for Zone 2 training, maybe because Glucose metabolism is more defective in T2D than fat.
what determines the amount of recovery time needed between workouts? How much more time is needed, if any, for T2 diabetics to avoid over training issues? e.g., higher lactate, dysfunctional mitochondria, etc.
esp. for T2 diabetics. Can we use a sort of 'protein challenge' test (e.g., taking a certain amount of protein powder in one shot) and see how blood glucose levels respond over the subsequent 1-2hrs, where if they shoot up then we conclude our body did not need that much, and if it stayed lower then at least that amount was indeed needed. Please comment esp. in re optimal balance of mTOR activation vs optimal muscle building vs T2D hyperglycemia. I have been supplementing protein only on high workout days, and doing low protein in between.