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Fat-adaptation did not provide a clear benefit to performance in a 1-hour time-trial after 4 hours of submaximal cycling.
Practitioners should note that fat-adaptation may not improve performance in time-trial events.
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but (3) such changes did not provide a clear benefit to performance of a 1 h time-trial undertaken after 4 h submaximal cycling.
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THE EFFECTS OF FAT-ADAPTATION ON METABOLISM AND PERFORMANCE DURING ULTRA-ENDURANCE EXERCISE
Andrew L. Carey et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2001
DOI 10.1097/00005768-200105001-00291
rct · n=7
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