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 …

Team sport athletes face a variety of nutritional challenges related to recovery during the
competitive season. The purpose of this article is to review nutrition strategies related to …

Since the pioneering studies conducted in the 1960s in which glycogen status was
investigated using the muscle biopsy technique, sports scientists have developed a …

Soccer is a high intensity intermittent sport, featuring critical events completed at
high/maximal intensity which is superimposed onto an aerobic base of lower intensity …

The common pattern of play in 'team sports' is 'stop and go', ie where players perform
repeated bouts of brief high-intensity exercise punctuated by lower intensity activity. Sprints …

Physiological Aspects of Sport Training and Performance, Second Edition With Web
Resource, updates and expands on the popular first edition, providing an in-depth …

During postexercise recovery, optimal nutritional intake is important to replenish
endogenous substrate stores and to facilitate muscle-damage repair and reconditioning …

Although weight loss can be achieved by any means of energy restriction, current dietary
guidelines have not prevented weight regain or population-level increases in obesity and …

An important goal of the athlete's everyday diet is to provide the muscle with substrates to
fuel the training programme that will achieve optimal adaptation for performance …