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Metabolic adaptation

There is limited capacity for fatty acid oxidation during exercise despite the abundance of endogenous triglycerides.

Practitioners should be aware of the limitations in fat oxidation during exercise.

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Yet despite the abundance of endogenous TG, there is limited capacity for FA oxidation during exercise.
John A. Hawley · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2002

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Symposium: Limits to fat oxidation by skeletal muscle during exercise???introduction

John A. Hawley · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2002

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