The Relationship Between Resistance Training and Glycogen Depletion

resistance training doesn't deplete glycogen nearly as much as you think, even if you go through and absolutely trash yourself leg day. Our body finds other ways to maintain glycogen levels because it's so important for our survival. There is a cool study that came out last year where they looked at carbohydrate mouth rinsing and its effect on resistance training performance. And this matches the anecdotes. Some people are like, yeah, if I don't have carbs before training, I just don't have that fifth gear."