
Watt The FTP?
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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How to Navigate the Language Subtleties
T's a bety arubic and enarabic. The way to navigate the language subtleties, by the way, is to understand the principle. When we exercise at certain intensities, most of our energy comes from what is the oxidative or the oxygen. Using energy pathways, we are taking carbohydrates like glacygen or glucas, or fats in the form of fati. We're passing them down a series of ensyme driven chemical reactions to produce a t p for our muscles - which is the currency of energy for the muscles. So that's the guide that we need to get to the muscles in order to constantly power contractions.
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