Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2013
Protein ingestion does not impair exercise-induced AMPK signalling when in a glycogen-depleted state: implications for train-low compete-high.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Factors Influencing AMPK Activation During Cycling Exercise: A Pooled Analysis and Meta-Regression.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Pooled it
- Substituting Carbohydrate at Lunch for Added Protein Increases Fat Oxidation During Subsequent Exercise in Healthy Males.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Trial
- The effect of pre-exercise protein intake on substrate metabolism, energy expenditure, and energy intake: a dose-response study.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2023Trial
- Divergent serum metabolomic, skeletal muscle signaling, transcriptomic, and performance adaptations to fasted versus whey protein-fed sprint interval training.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2021Trial
- The Effects of Pre-Game Carbohydrate Intake on Running Performance and Substrate Utilisation during Simulated Gaelic Football Match Play.Nutrients · 2021Trial
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- Supplement with whey protein hydrolysate in contrast to carbohydrate supports mitochondrial adaptations in trained runners.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2020Trial
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- A Ketone Ester Drink Increases Postexercise Muscle Glycogen Synthesis in Humans.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2017Trial
- Protein Nutrition for Endurance Athletes: A Metabolic Focus on Promoting Recovery and Training Adaptation.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
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- What Should I Eat before Exercise? Pre-Exercise Nutrition and the Response to Endurance Exercise: Current Prospective and Future Directions.Nutrients · 2020Review
- Effects of protein intake prior to carbohydrate-restricted endurance exercise: a randomized crossover trial.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2020Article
- Fuel for the Work Required: A Theoretical Framework for Carbohydrate Periodization and the Glycogen Threshold Hypothesis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Article
- Regulation of Muscle Glycogen Metabolism during Exercise: Implications for Endurance Performance and Training Adaptations.Nutrients · 2018Review
- Ingesting a Combined Carbohydrate and Essential Amino Acid Supplement Compared to a Non-Nutritive Placebo Blunts Mitochondrial Biogenesis-Related Gene Expression after Aerobic Exercise.Current developments in nutrition · 2017Article
- Fuel for the work required: a practical approach to amalgamating train-low paradigms for endurance athletes.Physiological reports · 2016Article
- Dietary and pharmacological modification of the insulin/IGF-1 system: exploiting the full repertoire against cancer.Oncogenesis · 2016Review
- Longevity and skeletal muscle mass: the role of IGF signalling, the sirtuins, dietary restriction and protein intake.Aging cell · 2015Review
- Implications of exercise training and distribution of protein intake on molecular processes regulating skeletal muscle plasticity.Calcified tissue international · 2015Review
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Abstract
The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that consuming protein does not attenuate AMPK signalling when exercise is commenced in a glycogen-depleted state. After performing a glycogen-depleting protocol the evening before, the subsequent morning ten active men performed 45 min steady-state cycling at 50 % of peak power output (PPO) followed by an exercise capacity test (1-min intervals at 80 % PPO interspersed with 1-min periods at 40 % PPO). In a repeated measures design, subjects consumed 20 g of a casein hydrolysate solution (PRO) 45 min before exercise, 10 g during and a further 20 g immediately post-exercise, or an equivalent volume of a non-calorie taste matched placebo (PLA). Resting (PRO = 134 ± 29; PLA = 136 ± 28 mmol kg(-1)) and post-exercise muscle glycogen (PRO = 43 ± 16; PLA = 47 ± 18 mmol kg(-1)) was not different (P > 0.05) between trials nor was exercise capacity (PRO = 26 ± 9; PLA = 25 ± 10 min, P > 0.05). Phosphorylation of AMPK(Thr172) increased threefold immediately post-exercise (P < 0.05) and PGC1-mRNA increased sixfold at 3 h post-exercise (P < 0.05), though there were no differences between conditions (P > 0.05). In contrast, there was a trend (P = 0.08) for a divergent response in eEF2(Thr56) phosphorylation such that 1.5 fold increases post- and 3 h post-exercise in PLA were blunted with PRO, thus indicative of greater eEF2 activation. We conclude that athletes who deliberately incorporate training phases with reduced muscle glycogen into their training programmes may consume protein before, during and after exercise without negating signalling through the AMPK cascade.
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