159. Western States 100 Thoughts, New Study on Low Energy Availability, and Broken Arrow Skyraces!
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The Effects of Low Energy Availability on Muscle Protein Synthesis in Trained Females
Low Energy Availability, reduces myofibrillar and sacroplasmic muscle protein synthesis in trained females. A lot of the research that's done on low energy availability actually winds up being correlative rather than causative because you can't necessarily induce a state of low energy availability just from like an ethical standpoint. But this study did. They did a randomized control trial, which means they had two groups in one of those groups over 10 days to see what happened.
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