But wait, where is your muscle glycogen (
fuel for muscle contraction?)
ATP is
the fuel for your muscle contractions.
In a more detailed description, ATP is the initial
fuel for your muscle contractions.
Not exact matches
During exercise, creatine plays a fundamental role in energy production by being a
fuel source
for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) which is an energy system used
for explosive
muscle contractions.
Glycogen is important because that's one of the energy sources that your body uses to
fuel muscle contraction (energy systems are a topic
for another day)
The
fuel source
for muscle contractions is a molecule called adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
As discussed by Robergs and Roberts [22], amino acid catabolism during exercise is important
for three reasons: 1)
for free energy during exercise to
fuel muscle contraction; 2) to increase concentrations of citric acid cycle intermediates and therefore support carbohydrate and lipid catabolism; and 3) to serve as gluconeogenic precursors.