This weeks is a good one, episode 15 of The Nest Podcast! In this episode I (Alex Amorginos) explain what glycogen is, its uses, the way it's metabolised and how it's used in different forms of exercise.

Discussion Topics:

• Glycogen Background Information.
• Metabolism of Glycogen & Glucose.
• What is Muscle Glycogen?
• Glycogen and its Relationship to Exercise
• Glycogen Usage
• Glycogen Depletion
• Food & Glycogen Resynthesis.

Key Paper(s) Referred to:

• Glycogen and resistance training
• Muscle glycogen stores and fatigue
• Fundamentals of glycogen metabolism for coaches and athletes
• Muscle Glycogen Utilization During Work of Different Intensities
• Muscle glycogen: where did you come from, where did you go?
• Glycogen Metabolism
• 14 Low Blood Sugar Symptoms, Signs, Treatment, Dangers
• The role of skeletal muscle glycogen breakdown for regulation of insulin sensitivity by exercise

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