glycogen

Carbohydrates play a crucial role in the post-workout period for bodybuilders. After a workout, especially one focused on resistance training, your muscles need to replenish their glycogen stores, and carbohydrates are key in this process. Here's how carbohydrates after a workout can benefit...

Sugar, particularly in the form of simple carbohydrates like glucose and fructose, can have both positive and negative effects on muscle development, depending on when and how it is consumed. Let's explore the relationship between sugar and muscle development: 1. Post-Workout Carbohydrates...

10 Quick Tips To Build Mass! Muscle mass is the straw that stirs the drink in the sport of bodybuilding. Talk all you want about symmetry, shape and definition, but in the final analysis, muscle mass is the defining element of a physique. The mass building equation has three components: a...

Bodybuilding is an extreme sport in which higher level competitors often go to great lengths to excel. While some prefer to stick to natural methods of building muscle, others turn to pharmaceuticals such as anabolic androgenic steroids and insulin. Though people traditionally use insulin only...

Carbs. You love them but the dieting industry tells you to hate them. Especially simple, fast absorbing sugars like candy. But what if I told you that there is a movement now to promote having candy? Especially after a workout. Right now, there is a fad encouraging people to have candy such as...

There’s been a myth going around for years and years that eating carbs at night will make you fat. Well today I’m telling you its just that: a myth. Eating at night in general has been associated with weight gain, you hear advice such as “don’t eat after 7:00 pm” all too often. Fact of the...

An ongoing debate in sports sciences is whether cold or heat therapy is more effective for improving recovery. Although the studies we have on the topic are not conclusive, there are a few interesting findings that I would like to share with you. - When it comes to heat therapy, a 2017 study on...

The body uses two main fuels: carbohydrates and fats. However, carbohydrates can deliver energy much faster to the muscles than fats as it is necessary for higher intensity exercise. . 😩Unfortunately, carbohydrate stores are relatively small: the body stores carbohydrates as glycogen in the...

A study found that consuming high GI carbs after a workout was more effective at replenishing muscle glycogen levels than consuming low GI carbs. White rice, white bread, and sugary cereals are all great options if you are needing to replenish carbs rapidly (e.g at a competition where you have...

When do you do cardio? 🏃 . Your muscles store energy as a carbohydrate known as glycogen, allowing you to be able to carry out an intense workout as your glycogen stores are depleted. Refilling these glycogen-stores is one reason why post-workout carbohydrates are important. . Cardio also...

🔹In our entire body we have only have about 2,000 calories worth of carbs stored. About 400 calories or 100 grams of that is in our liver as glycogen. The other 1600 are spread across all the muscles in our body (400 grams). - ⬇️It’s important to know that only the muscles being trained will...

Cyclic ketogenic diets have been used for decades, by endurance athletes and bodybuilders, but for different reasons. Endurance athletes frequently use CKD programs to peak energy levels for an event. Bodybuilders, weight lifters interested in muscle definition, often employ carbohydrate cycles...

by Josh Hodnik Much like growth hormone, insulin is a functional protein. Unlike proteins that are physical building blocks of muscle, insulin is a protein chain of amino acids that is folded in such a way that makes it act more like a signaling mechanism than a building block. Insulin...

Chris Aceto Flex Wheeler was known for achieving drastic changes in his physique in less then 10 days. One reason for this was the implementation of successful carbohydrate depleting and loading. The system, which requires large but temporary changes in carbohydrate, sodium and water...

Hardcore Bulking Introduction – by Gavin Kane Off-season; a bodybuilder’s favorite time of year and the favorite words whispered after a recent contest. So the time is here, what are you going to do about it? First step is to determine what you want...

The Insulin Advantage How to Bulk and Cut on the Same Day by Clay Hyght, DC Here's what you need to know... If you think bulking and cutting are seasonal, think again. By controlling your insulin you can allow your body to build muscle and burn fat daily. Muscle is...

Build More Muscle & Burn Fat by Manipulating Insulin Levels By Mike Murphy Some diets even have you cutting out carbohydrates altogether to control insulin levels. Thus, the question is, when and how is insulin responsible for both? The hormone insulin has been heavily discussed in the...

Glycogen resynthesis after exercise: effect of carbohydrate intake.Ivy JL1. Author information Abstract<abstracttext>To maximize glycogen resynthesis after exercise, a carbohydrate supplement in excess of 1.0 g x kg(-1) body wt should be consumed immediately after competition or a training...

Determinants of post-exercise glycogen synthesis during short-term recovery. Abstract <abstracttext>The pattern of muscle glycogen synthesis following glycogen-depleting exercise occurs in two phases. Initially, there is a period of rapid synthesis of muscle glycogen that does not require...

Muscle glycogen synthesis before and after exercise. ABSTRACT <abstracttext>The importance of carbohydrates as a fuel source during endurance exercise has been known for 60 years. With the advent of the muscle biopsy needle in the 1960s, it was determined that the major source of...