Head Kansas City Royals athletic trainer Nick Kenney wants science to help his World Series championship team get even better, which is why the Royals hired Denver-based MuscleSound, the company ...

Over the next few weeks, I will look at different macro nutrients, timing of ingestion and their effects on function. One of the keys to enhanced exercise performance is proper nutrition. Modern ...

In 2009, Usain Bolt set the world record in the 100-meter dash, thanks in large part to a carb called glycogen. This molecule is stored in skeletal muscle and later released to fuel short and intense ...

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UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Correspondence to: Dr H G L Rauch UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Sports Science Institute, Boundary Road ...

Post-exercise recovery can be simplified into 3 Rs: rehydrate, refuel and rebuild. Rehydrating replaces lost fluids and electrolytes from sweat, while refueling focuses on carbohydrates to restore ...

We often discuss concepts like the aerobic threshold, the anaerobic threshold, the lactate threshold, etc. But have you heard of the Glycogen Threshold? To put it simply, low carbs availability in ...

Glycogen, the muscle's primary fuel source during exercise, is replenished more rapidly when athletes ingest both carbohydrate and caffeine following exhaustive exercise, new research shows. Athletes ...

Extract: Total glycogen synthetase and syntheatse I (glucose 6-PO 4 indendependent) and phosphorylase and phosphorylase a activites determined in muscle from fetal,neonatal, infant, and adult rhesus ...

Building muscle requires a diligent effort of strength training (such as weightlifting) and dialing in your diet. And while eating plenty of protein is important — protein is the building block of ...

The basics of glycogen biology are thought to be well established, but a study in rodents turns long-standing assumptions on their head. Surprisingly, the researchers found that glycogen synthesis ...