Which is about correct, and accounts for about 20 of the 26 miles of a
marathon.
Proly the elite are able to make up the diff w/ adaptation, carb loading,
mebbe some real high blood sugar, and mebbe soft drinks along the way.
The paltry 100 gm of liver glyc is why some biochemists claim that we are in
mild ketogenesis by morning, w/ muscle catabolism already ocurring, to
supply the brain w/ glucose.
The mere thought of this must give BBers the willies.
There are arguments against this, tho, but the overall principle is correct.
Just not sure if it indeed happens within 8 hours.
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"Kromagnon" <1.TakeThisOut@2.8> wrote in message
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> aegis wrote:
>> How many grams of carbohydrates can be stored as
>> glycogen in the muscle and liver?
>
> Approximately of course. The liver can store 100g (100 x 4=400
> kcal) and the muscles can store up to 400g (400 x 4 = 1600
> kcal). Total 500g in liver and muscle. Therefore the body can
> store up to 2000 kcal of gycogen.
>
>
> K
>
>
>> I tried searching
>> for a max amount in grams and came up with
>> one figure, ~600 grams. I'm sure it probably
>> also varies from person to person. An endurance
>> athlete probably conditions their body to
>> have a glycogen storage increase. But I'm just
>> guessing at that one(Based on the idea that
>> an endurance athelete gains an increase in
>> mitochondria in muscle tissue).
>
> A well trained athlete will use less glycogen.
>
>
>
> >> Stay informed about: glycogen storage 
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