Exercise Physiology: Theory and Application to Fitness and Performance 9th Edition by Scott Powers, Edward Howley

Exercise 1

What procedures would you follow to cause a supercompensation of muscle glycogen?

Step 1 of 4

Supercompensation is training the muscles to store more glycogen than would do normally. In any exercise or sport program, the success of the athlete depends on how long the energy stores can supply energy. Most of the energy during the initial periods comes from the glycogen reserves. The work time to exhaustion is directly related to initial glycogen store in the working muscles.