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This study found that adding protein before sleep during a 12 week resistance training programme increased muscle mass and strength gains. Read the blog:
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@FitFounder Increase blood glucose > disrupt melatonin cycle>increase cortisol level > leads to low energy and increase carbohydrates appetite to next day.
1/13 How much energy (Kcal) do trail runners expend in reality? A thread after testing pro athletes with DLW.
6 months ago, I changed my job to take a new opportunity. I changed sport discipline as well. Left cycling behind, and opened a new chapter in trail running and running.
Thought it was time we made it official. Yes, this will be my last year in the peloton 🤝 It's not been a bad run eh? Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine being a pro for 19 years. There'll be lots of time to reflect but, before then, I've got some big races to prep for 👀
Dear @Nature, I am baffled by the monumental mistake about the "definition" of what lactate is, which is shown right in the 1st sentence of this article.
-Lactate is NOT a waste product. Thanks by the work of Dr. George Brooks, It has been known for over 40 years that lactate is NOT a waste product.
In fact, lactate is the preferred fuel by most cells and one of the most important signaling molecules in the body. Particularly in cancer, lactate plays a key role in the process of angiogenesis, immune scape, gene expression and metastasis...
-"Sugar"?. Are glucose and pyruvate metabolism, some of the most complex metabolic pathways in humans, be that poorly simplified as "sugar"?. 😬
-"without Oxygen"?. Again, Thanks to the work by George Brooks, it has been known for >40 years that Lactate can be produced under FULLY aerobic conditions and it's production is NOT only a result of lack of O2....
It is extremely difficult to publish in Nature due to its super high standards and requirements, such as defining what you are studying very well...However, in this article, the are 3 monumental mistakes showing lack of knowledge of what exactly lactate is right in the very first sentence...Now, many people reading the article could walk away with the idea that lactate is a waste product from sugar and produced when there is lack of O2...😬
C'mon @Nature, you, your Editor and reviewers can do better than this...Thank you
@altini_marco For short races, to stimulate vo2max (high intensity, and uphill is better than flat) if you run an ultra, it is not necessary too much high intensity, flat interval helps you become your "slow" pace in faster... And, in a specific block, uphill interval is almost obligatory
Taking advantage of being at Font Romeu to visit some of my professors from university and chat about training and metabolism while both doing a session at 6000m 😅
@CneaFontRomeu@GregDoucende
@MVAitor Siempre he dicho q muchos estudios se basan en "su población de estudio" y lo generalizan, no podemos comparar un persona de un PO de 2.8w/kg con una de 5w/kg...fin de la discusión! Y a seguir sumando...gracias Aitor!!!
@D_Morales_Alamo@SportsMedicineJ El Ultra endurance es otro ser humano, diferente al resto....donde los diferentes tipos de fatiga se entrelazan, donde diferentes campos de la ciencia se conjugan.. claramente necesitamos del otro para entender a estos "seres humanos" y un mundo por investigar...para allá vamos!!
Mitochondria can use/clear lactate in 2 important ways...
a) Within the fibers that are producing the lactate, higher levels of mitochondria lead to higher abilities to process the large amounts of pyruvate being produced by glycolysis via the Krebs cycle & lead to less overall lactate being produced within those fibers.
b) Within the fast twitch fibers, pyruvate that cannot be processed can be converted to lactate, "shuttled" out of the cell to other (generally slow-twitch) fibers - reconverted back to pyruvate, & then processed within their mitochondria to produce additional ATP via oxidative phosphorylation. In this way, the slow-twitch fibers help to "clear" the lactate produced by the fast twitch fibers via their increased mitochondrial density.