Enhanced Endurance Performance by Periodization of Carbohydrate Intake: "Sleep Low" Strategy

Laurie-Anne Marquet1, Jeanick Brisswalter, Julien Louis

  • 11French National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (INSEP), Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance, Paris, FRANCE; 2University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Laboratory of Human Motricity, Education, Sport and Health, Nice, FRANCE; 3Sports Nutrition, Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Belconnen, AUSTRALIA; 4Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Centre for Exercise and Nutrition, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; 5Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM.

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