Sentences with phrase «glycogen as a primary source»
Our body uses glycogen as a primary source of energy.
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Carbs are your body's primary source of energy, so if you don't have enough glycogen in your tank you won't be able to train as hard as you should and your gains will suffer.
The muscles use glycogen as a primary energy source.
When we eat food, the glucose from carbohydrates is converted into glycogen and used as the body's primary energy source.
Our bodies generally draw upon a combination of carbohydrates and fats to produce ATP, with the exception being very short - duration, high - intensity anaerobic activities, such as a 100 - meter sprint where the primary fuel sources are creatine phosphate, stored ATP, and muscle glycogen (i.e., carbohydrates stored in the muscle).
Thus, by lowering the amount of glucose from food and the amount of glucose stored as glycogen, the body is able to start burning fat as its primary source of energy.
Many of our metabolisms have been trained to run on dietary carbohydrate and glycogen as their primary fuel sources, making the first few hours to days of fasting a challenge.
Instead, it uses muscle glycogen and ATP stores as the primary fuel source.