Carbohydrate Feeding Frequency, Muscle Glycogen and Exercise Capacity in Runners

University of Bath

Status

Completed

Conditions

Exercise

Treatments

Other: Single carbohydrate bolus

Other: Regular carbohydrate feeding

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03749785

18/SW/0177

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of regular sucrose feeds compared to a single large bolus given late in exercise, on muscle glycogen utilisation, exercise capacity and other markers of metabolism during running

Enrollment

7 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

18 to 50 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Self-identify as a trained runner
Regularly participate in running activity (>2 times a week)
Participated in running based training for a minimum of 2 years
Be willing to undertake exercise sessions until volitional exhaustion
Be willing to have the necessary samples taken during the testing protocols
Not a habitual smoker
Have the capacity and willingness to provide informed consent (oral and written)
Successful completion of the physical activity readiness questionnaire (PAR-Q)

Exclusion criteria

Female
<18 or >50 years old
Not regularly participating in running activity (<3 times a week)
Experience contraindications to the administration of the proposed anaesthetic (Lidocaine Hydrochloride)
Habitual/previously habitual smoker