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Masters athletes experience slower recovery rates after muscle-damaging endurance exercise compared to younger athletes.
Coaches should be aware of the slower recovery rates in masters athletes when planning training.
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Research has suggested that, after muscle-damaging endurance exercise, masters athletes experience slower recovery rates in comparison with younger, similarly trained athletes.
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Postexercise Dietary Protein Strategies to Maximize Skeletal Muscle Repair and Remodeling in Masters Endurance Athletes: A Review
Thomas M. Doering et al. · International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism · 2015
DOI 10.1123/ijsnem.2015-0102
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