Glycogen Distribution

[Roadblock]

Didn't know what section to put this in so move it if I put it in the wrong spot.If I am full of glycogen and have a killer squat day did I only deplete my quads or will the body re distribute my remaining glycogen in my other muscles to even things out?RB

[Richard Schmitt]

Normally just your lower body. Kiefer mentioned this in (I believe) the SW Update Video. Not entirely sure which one.

[tzanghi]

Didn't know what section to put this in so move it if I put it in the wrong spot.If I am full of glycogen and have a killer squat day did I only deplete my quads or will the body re distribute my remaining glycogen in my other muscles to even things out?RB

Muscle cells do not have and are not able to produce the enzyme(can't remember the name) necessary for breaking down glycogen and releasing it back into the blood stream.  The liver, however, does have this enzyme, and some of those stores may be distributed to your muscles depending on how killer the workout is.

[TCB]

I really have no idea, but if it's truly a good squat workout, you're depleting more than just your quads. Most of the posterior will be getting hammered. Usually when I squat I don't even feel it in my quads unless they're front squats. So if you're getting deep, keeping weight back off the toes, and an upright chest, you're probably tapping  glycogen stores from more “areas” than you think you are.  😀

[Brandon D Christ]

I really have no idea, but if it's truly a good squat workout, you're depleting more than just your quads. Most of the posterior will be getting hammered. Usually when I squat I don't even feel it in my quads unless they're front squats. So if you're getting deep, keeping weight back off the toes, and an upright chest, you're probably tapping  glycogen stores from more "areas" than you think you are.  😀

+1The squat works nearly every muscle in the body. 

[Roadblock]

Thanks guys. The reason I asked was because lets say that you have your squat workout on Tuesday and take Wednesday off. Then on Thursday you are doing chest. You backload on the Wednesday night to provide glycogen for the Thursday workout, but if your chest is still full then are you only refilling the muscles from the squat workout  since the other muscles were never depleted. Get what I'm asking?RB

[Brandon D Christ]

Thanks guys. The reason I asked was because lets say that you have your squat workout on Tuesday and take Wednesday off. Then on Thursday you are doing chest. You backload on the Wednesday night to provide glycogen for the Thursday workout, but if your chest is still full then are you only refilling the muscles from the squat workout  since the other muscles were never depleted. Get what I'm asking?RB

If you mean is the glycogen depleted locally during exercise, the answer is yes.  However, all the muscles in your body are pretty much constantly doing work, not just when you are working out.  While being properly fat adapted will result in a lower rate of glycogen depletion during low intensity (everyday) work, it still occurs.  This is why you can be depleted from simply being low carb.So your chest and probably every other muscle will not be full.  As far as how to glycogen would be distributed in this case, I honestly could not tell you.  If the backload was PWO, it would be mostly in your legs because that is where the tGLUT translocation lies, but since the backload is not PWO there is no tGLUT translocation.

[TCB]

Thanks guys. The reason I asked was because lets say that you have your squat workout on Tuesday and take Wednesday off. Then on Thursday you are doing chest. You backload on the Wednesday night to provide glycogen for the Thursday workout, but if your chest is still full then are you only refilling the muscles from the squat workout  since the other muscles were never depleted. Get what I'm asking?RB

If you mean is the glycogen depleted locally during exercise, the answer is yes.  However, all the muscles in your body are pretty much constantly doing work, not just when you are working out.  While being properly fat adapted will result in a lower rate of glycogen depletion during low intensity (everyday) work, it still occurs.  This is why you can be depleted from simply being low carb.So your chest and probably every other muscle will not be full.  As far as how to glycogen would be distributed in this case, I honestly could not tell you.  If the backload was PWO, it would be mostly in your legs because that is where the tGLUT translocation lies, but since the backload is not PWO there is no tGLUT translocation.

^^^^ This is why Carb Nite Solution works without REQUIRING any exercise.

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