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159. Western States 100 Thoughts, New Study on Low Energy Availability, and Broken Arrow Skyraces!

Some Work, All Play

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The Effects of Low Energy Availability on Muscle Protein Synthesis

The study was done on 30 humanaric athletes who were normally menstruating. They found that the low energy availability group actually had reduced myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic muscle protein synthesis. And reductions in lean mass actually are not great. You're losing your muscle. We don't want that.

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