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Exercise capacity was enhanced on days 3 and 5 compared with day 1.
Trainers may consider that exercise capacity can improve with repeated bouts, even if glycogen supercompensation does not occur.
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EX was enhanced on days 3 and 5 compared with day 1 (31.9+/-2.5 and 35.4+/-3.8 vs 24.1+/-1.4 kJ.kg, P<0.05).
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Failure to Repeatedly Supercompensate Muscle Glycogen Stores in Highly Trained Men
Patrick Mcinerney et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2005
DOI 10.1249/01.mss.0000155699.51360.2f
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