Fuel for the work required: A practical approach to amalgamating train-low paradigms for endurance athletes

Physiological Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Impey, Samuel G ^a   Hammond, Kelly M ^a   Shepherd, Sam O ^a   Sharples, Adam P ^a   Stewart, Claire ^a   Limb, Marie ^b   Smith, Kenneth ^b   Philp, Andrew ^c   Jeromson, Stewart ^d   Hamilton, D Lee ^d   Close, Graeme L ^a   Morton, James P ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial biogenesis; Muscle glycogen; Train low

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; GLYCOGEN;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; ATHLETE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATHLETES; BICYCLING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EXERCISE; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971426750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12803     Document Type: Article

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