#15 - Glycogen & Exercise
Update: 2021-03-17
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This weeks is a good one, episode 15 of The Nest Podcast! In this episode I (Alex Amorginos) explain what glycogen is, its uses, the way it's metabolised and how it's used in different forms of exercise.
Discussion Topics:
- Glycogen Background Information.
- Metabolism of Glycogen & Glucose.
- What is Muscle Glycogen?
- Glycogen and its Relationship to Exercise
- Glycogen Usage
- Glycogen Depletion
- Food & Glycogen Resynthesis.
Key Paper(s) Referred to:
- Glycogen and resistance training
- Muscle glycogen stores and fatigue
- Fundamentals of glycogen metabolism for coaches and athletes
- Muscle Glycogen Utilization During Work of Different Intensities
- Muscle glycogen: where did you come from, where did you go?
- Glycogen Metabolism
- 14 Low Blood Sugar Symptoms, Signs, Treatment, Dangers
- The role of skeletal muscle glycogen breakdown for regulation of insulin sensitivity by exercise
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