A sensible update on carbohydrate loading - is it still a thing? by Christie Aschwanden From history to contemporary thoughts - thanks for the interview (and your homework!). elemental.medium.com/is-carbo-loadi…

The impact of common supplements (e.g. bicarb) on acute exercise performance is well characterised. Less is known about the chronic effects of supplement use on the adaptations to endurance training. A recent review summarises the research: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31531769

Great new insights into low CHO training using a delayed CHO feeding strategy from Tim Podlogar Gareth Wallis. Raises the question: what is important to promote typical low CHO training adaptations? NEFA, IMTG use, low muscle glycogen alone, or other? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Previous research found CHO ingestion to improve short (<1h) performance. Surprisingly, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15354036 found CHO infusion didn't improve 1h performance. This led to the discovery of the non-metabolic, ergogenic effect of CHO sensing in the mouth (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15570147)

Extensive research has previously investigated the type and amount of CHO to ingest during endurance exercise. Excellent, ambitious project by Campbell Menzies and others explores the sparsely researched area of CHO ingestion timing. Take home: +ve effects of frequent feeding.

We often focus on carbohydrate metabolism during post-exercise recovery. This interesting review explores post-exercise fat metabolism. I learnt a lot reading it! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31973165

Warm bath after exercise does not ⬆️ MPS Our newest paper online in Journal of Applied Physiology: "Hot-water immersion does not increase post-prandial muscle protein synthesis rates during recovery from resistance-type exercise in healthy, young males". journals.physiology.org/doi/pdf/10.115…

'Recording Heart Rate Variability of Dairy Cows to the Cloud—Why Smartphones Provide Smart Solutions'. Not what I was expecting to find when looking into the validity of polar HRMs....

During this #COVID19 pandemic we are unable to eat out, but you can still order Domino's Pizza If you have ever wondered what happens to your body when you eat dominos, read on... Here I present, ‘The physiological responses to maximal eating in men’ doi.org/10.1017/S00071…

What does it take to win a Grand Tour? A GT rider averaged 5.9 W/kg on influential climbs. At the end of 4+ h stages. After back to back 5 h days on the bike. Consistency when fatigued is just as key as having a big engine. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31688657

Looking forward to presenting on this next week. Exciting times for research in our field, and good to present some of the most recent data and how we're using it to inform best practice for sports performance (including team sports), injury rehab and health