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Ingestion of the sports bar impaired subsequent high-intensity time-trial performance.
Care should be taken when using sports bars before high-intensity efforts.
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However, two subjects failed to complete the time trial after they consumed the BAR during the prolonged, submaximal ride, whereas all subjects managed to finish the time trial when ingesting CHO.
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Based on study design from abstract.
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Effects of Ingesting a Sports Bar Versus Glucose Polymer on Substrate Utilisation and Ultra-Endurance Performance
H. Rauch et al. · International Journal of Sports Medicine · 1999
DOI 10.1055/s-2007-971126
rct · n=6Cited 28×
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