carbo-loading
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carbo loading — noun a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing • Syn: ↑carbohydrate loading • Hypernyms: ↑diet … Useful english dictionary
Carbo-loading — An eating routine used by some athletes that involves downing large amounts of carbohydrates several days before a potentially exhausting endurance event. Carbo loading has no known potential benefits for anyone except athletes under these… … Medical dictionary
carbo-loading — /kahr boh loh ding/, n. Informal. carbohydrate loading … Useful english dictionary
carbo-loading — car′bo load ing n. nut inf Informal. the practice of eating large amounts of carbohydrates for a few days before competing in a strenuous athletic event, as a marathon, to provide energy reserves in the form of glycogen • Etymology: 1975–80… … From formal English to slang
carbo-load — /kaboʊ ˈloʊd/ (say kahboh lohd) verb (i) Sport to undertake carbohydrate loading in preparation for strenuous exercise. {carbo(hydrate) + load} –carbo loading, noun …
carbo-load — See carbo loading. * * * … Universalium
Carbohydrate loading — In sports, carbohydrate loading, colloquially known as carbo loading, is a strategy employed by endurance athletes such as marathon runners to maximize the storage of glycogen in the muscles.Carbohydrate loading is generally recommended for… … Wikipedia
carbohydrate loading — noun a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing • Syn: ↑carbo loading • Hypernyms: ↑diet * * * the practice of eating high amounts of… … Useful english dictionary
carbohydrate loading — /kabəhaɪdreɪt ˈloʊdɪŋ/ (say kahuhhuydrayt lohding) noun a strategy, employed especially by those involved in sports requiring long term endurance, such as long distance running and cycling, which involves increasing one s intake of carbohydrate… …
Glycogenspeicher — Der Glykogenspeicher (auch Glykogendepot) des menschlichen Körpers bezeichnet die in Form von Glykogen gespeicherten Kohlenhydrate bzw. Glukosemoleküle. Das gespeicherte Glykogen befindet sich, je nach Muskelmasse, zu 1/3 in der Leber und zu 2/3… … Deutsch Wikipedia
