The continual supply of ATP to the fundamental cellular processes that underpin skeletal
muscle contraction during exercise is essential for sports performance in events lasting …

Human skeletal muscle demonstrates remarkable plasticity, adapting to numerous external
stimuli including the habitual level of contractile loading. Accordingly, muscle function and …

Throughout the sport-science and sports-medicine literature, the term “elite” subjects might
be one of the most overused and ill-defined terms. Currently, there is no common …

Sports periodization has traditionally focused on the exercise aspect of athletic preparation,
while neglecting the integration of other elements that can impact an athlete's readiness for …

The reported prevalence of low energy availability (LEA) in female and male track and field
athletes is between 18% and 58% with the highest prevalence among athletes in endurance …

Background and aims: Currently there is considerable interest in ketone metabolism owing
to recently reported benefits of ketosis for human health. Traditionally, ketosis has been …

Since the introduction of the muscle biopsy technique in the late 1960s, our understanding
of the regulation of muscle glycogen storage and metabolism has advanced considerably …

The ability of athletes to train day after day depends in large part on adequate restoration of
muscle glycogen stores, a process that requires the consumption of sufficient dietary …

Background Low-carbohydrate diets have recently grown in popularity among endurance
athletes, yet little is known about the long-term (> 4 wk) performance implications of …

Deliberately training with reduced carbohydrate (CHO) availability to enhance endurance-
training-induced metabolic adaptations of skeletal muscle (ie the 'train low, compete …