James Morton

Professor of Exercise Metabolism LJMU. CSO at SiS. Formerly INEOS Sport, Team Sky and Liverpool FC. Proud Belfast Boy

[James Morton @JamesyMorton]

Our latest paper from @LJMUSportSci

Ketone ester reduces exogenous CHO oxidation in trained male cyclists when fed 120 g/h

https://t.co/D6a06IM9Ro

Huge congrats to @HenryJMartyn on his first PhD publication, thanks to all co-authors and funders @ScienceinSport

[Tour de France™ @LeTour]

Merci FROOMEY 💛💛💛💛❤️
4 Tour de France wins (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Winner of @lavuelta in 2011 & 2017

[James Morton @JamesyMorton]

@zbitter @captain_canaway The full paper is currently in review 🤞🏻

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@ProfTimNoakes Most elite teams practice CHO periodisation models formulated for demands of training and game schedule

https://t.co/9TEKZVdpSU

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@Alan_Couzens A big development was carbohydrate periodisation and train smart:compete high, from 2005 to 2020 this really took off though seems to have been forgotten in last 5 years in favour of high all the time. I’m still a big believer in fuelling and refuelling for the work required

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@mackinprof To maintain CHO dependency and promote economy during running, ingestion rates need to be >90 g/h. We also have similar data in elite female runners in review

https://t.co/iPXcvJvZnk

[Jeff Rothschild @EatsleepfitJeff]

1/6 The last paper from my PhD is out, looking at what endurance athletes eat! 🧵

We tracked training & dietary intake of 46 endurance athletes over 12 weeks (~4,000 days of diet tracking) to see how athletes actually practice carbohydrate periodization in real-world training.

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@zbitter There are a lot of misconceptions out there when it comes to exercise metabolism unfortunately, elite runners can still oxidise fat >0.7 g/min even when carb loaded the day before, a pre-exercise carb breakfast and when ingesting 90 to 120 g/h during exercise!

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@VinnieTortorich Elite runners can oxidise fat >0.7 g/min even when CHO loaded, pre-exercise CHO meal and with ingesting 90 to 120 g/h during exercise

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@VinnieTortorich What textbook said that 0.7 g was max rate of fat oxidation? We’ve known that fat oxidation can exceed that level for decades?

[James Morton @JamesyMorton]

Our latest paper from @LJMUSportSci

Ketone ester reduces exogenous CHO oxidation in trained male cyclists when fed 120 g/h

https://t.co/D6a06IM9Ro

Huge congrats to @HenryJMartyn on his first PhD publication, thanks to all co-authors and funders @ScienceinSport

[James Morton @JamesyMorton]

@stevemagness @JenniferSygo Couldn’t agree more Steve, I’ve always found performance is the hardest variable to measure, I tend to be drawn towards the physiological changes!

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@stephensmithPN @MountainRoche Safe to say I felt the same when I started Stephen!

[Jorg van der Breggen @JvanderB78]

Early maturers dominated youth academy teams, but none reached top European leagues. All who did were late maturers, likely benefiting from stronger technical, tactical, and psychological development over time. ⚽️🌱
👇🏼
https://t.co/jr8rholgOv

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@nerd_endurance @bowtiedcheetahh We would often do low carb rides much lower than 80 g/h

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@ProfTimNoakes Fuelling for training and racing are very different things, one is to support adaptation and the other is to support performance. Not all sessions need high CHO intake, CHO periodisation should be the basis and the best athletes in the world do this https://t.co/DJiQkn9WgG

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@Scienceofsport https://t.co/oHA4wxJ88i

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@Scienceofsport There seems to be more mainstream confusion that ever unfortunately Ross. Our latest thoughts on both high CHO fuelling and CHO periodisation (in my view, the way to practice) are here, both FREE to download:
https://t.co/oHA4wxJ88i

https://t.co/Rz1m96WcWe

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Huge congratulations to @weelunfoo on successful PhD viva defence today, it has been a pleasure to work with Wee and supervisors @columcronin @close_nutrition @jlAreta on a superb football nutrition PhD.

Thanks to examiners @Sam_Moss15 @liam_anderson5

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Kicking off our special UCI May issue is the paper titled ‘UCI Sports Nutrition Project: Nutritional Periodisation: Strategies To Enhance Training Adaptation and Recovery’ by Morton et al. 📊💪🏼

[James Morton @JamesyMorton]

@rich_blagrove @lborouniversity Congratulations Rich, thanks for all the great contributions to the literature 👌🏻