Quotes About Glycogen

1. Increases muscle mass 2. Decreases muscle damage 3. Accelerates repair and recovery 4. Replenishes glycogen stores in the muscle 5. Increases Nitric Oxide (NO) synthesis thereby increasing blood flow 6. Increases fat oxidation, burning more fat 7. Increases protein synthesis 8. Increases removal of waste products such as lactic acid 9. Replenishes energy stores such as creatine phosphate

An animal slaughtered without being stressed retains more glycogen in its muscles. After death the glycogen converts to lactic acid, which promotes denaturation and therefore a more tender meat.

I use this GPB glycogen protein balancing conditioner by Aubrey Organics that I love.

In the Base period, when training volume is relatively high and intensity is low, eating a diet rich in "good" fats is beneficial to improving your ability to burn fat for fuel while conserving glycogen stores—a physiological goal of training at this time of the season.

when insulin docks into the receptors, the receptors directly affect the glucose transfer proteins. That encourages the transfer proteins to let more glucose into these cells for storage as glycogen or fat. The effect of all this is to reduce blood sugar level and to stock up on energy for times when food is scarce.

physiology of diet-induced ketosis involves the lowering of blood glucose, stored glycogen, and insulin levels. The result is an enhanced release and reliance on fat as fuel.

Note that training your body to use fat more efficiently and spare glycogen happens only when exercising at moderate intensity, not when riding harder.

runners with very heavy training loads need more carbohydrate than runners with more moderate training loads. The more you train, the more carbs your body uses, and the more carbohydrate your body uses, the more carbs you need to eat to maintain adequate muscle glycogen stores.