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Muscle glycogen availability regulates cell metabolism, endurance training capacity, and performance.
Ensuring adequate glycogen stores is crucial for optimizing endurance training outcomes.
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Emphasis is on human studies that have determined the regulatory role of muscle glycogen availability on cell metabolism, endurance training capacity and performance.
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Nutritional Strategies to Modulate the Adaptive Response to Endurance Training
John A. Hawley · Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop series · 2013
DOI 10.1159/000345813
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