PMID- 26741119 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161213 LR - 20161230 IS - 1530-0315 (Electronic) IS - 0195-9131 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Apr TI - Enhanced Endurance Performance by Periodization of Carbohydrate Intake: "Sleep Low" Strategy. PG - 663-72 LID - 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000823 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: We investigated the effect of a chronic dietary periodization strategy on endurance performance in trained athletes. METHODS: Twenty-one triathletes (V O2max: 58.7 +/- 5.7 mL.min(-1).kg(-1)) were divided into two groups: a "sleep-low" (SL) (n = 11) and a control (CON) group (n = 10) consumed the same daily carbohydrate (CHO) intake (6 g.kg(-1).d(-1)) but with different timing over the day to manipulate CHO availability before and after training sessions. The SL strategy consisted of a 3-wk training-diet intervention comprising three blocks of diet-exercise manipulations: 1) "train-high" interval training sessions in the evening with high-CHO availability, 2) overnight CHO restriction ("sleeping-low"), and 3) "train-low" sessions with low endogenous and exogenous CHO availability. The CON group followed the same training program but with high CHO availability throughout training sessions (no CHO restriction overnight, training sessions with exogenous CHO provision). RESULTS: There was a significant improvement in delta efficiency during submaximal cycling for SL versus CON (CON, +1.4% +/- 9.3%; SL, +11% +/- 15%, P < 0.05). SL also improved supramaximal cycling to exhaustion at 150% of peak aerobic power (CON, +1.63% +/- 12.4%; SL, +12.5% +/- 19.0%; P = 0.06) and 10-km running performance (CON, -0.10% +/- 2.03%; SL, -2.9% +/- 2.15%; P < 0.05). Fat mass was decreased in SL (CON, -2.6 +/- 7.4; SL, -8.5% +/- 7.4% before; P < 0.01), but not lean mass (CON, -0.22 +/- 1.0; SL, -0.16% +/- 1.7% PRE). CONCLUSION: Short-term periodization of dietary CHO availability around selected training sessions promoted significant improvements in submaximal cycling economy, as well as supramaximal cycling capacity and 10-km running time in trained endurance athletes. FAU - Marquet, Laurie-Anne AU - Marquet LA AD - 1French National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (INSEP), Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance, Paris, FRANCE; 2University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Laboratory of Human Motricity, Education, Sport and Health, Nice, FRANCE; 3Sports Nutrition, Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Belconnen, AUSTRALIA; 4Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Centre for Exercise and Nutrition, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; 5Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM. FAU - Brisswalter, Jeanick AU - Brisswalter J FAU - Louis, Julien AU - Louis J FAU - Tiollier, Eve AU - Tiollier E FAU - Burke, Louise M AU - Burke LM FAU - Hawley, John A AU - Hawley JA FAU - Hausswirth, Christophe AU - Hausswirth C LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Med Sci Sports Exerc JT - Medicine and science in sports and exercise JID - 8005433 RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) SB - IM CIN - Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Nov;49(11):2366. PMID: 29040240 MH - Adult MH - Athletes MH - Bicycling/physiology MH - Body Composition MH - *Diet MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/*administration & dosage MH - Exercise Test MH - Feeding Behavior/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Meals MH - Periodicity MH - Physical Endurance/*physiology MH - Running/physiology MH - *Sports Nutritional Physiological Phenomena EDAT- 2016/01/08 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2016/01/08 06:00 PHST- 2016/01/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/01/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000823 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2016 Apr;48(4):663-72. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000823.