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Carbohydrate ingestion during exercise does not result in a significant sparing of muscle glycogen or an improvement in cycling performance during 2 hours of exercise when initial glycogen levels are elevated.

Practitioners should note that carbohydrate drinks may not enhance performance or glycogen preservation in well-trained cyclists with high initial glycogen levels.

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These results suggest that, when the initial glycogen levels are elevated, carbohydrate ingestion during exercise does not result in a significant sparing of muscle glycogen or an improvement in cycling performance during 2 h of exercise.
M. G. Flynn et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 1987

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Influence of selected carbohydrate drinks on cycling performance and glycogen use

M. G. Flynn et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 1987

DOI 10.1249/00005768-198702000-00008

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