PMID- 32023540 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20240227 IS - 1543-2742 (Electronic) IS - 1526-484X (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 2 DP - 2020 Mar 1 TI - Perception of Carbohydrate Availability Augments High-Intensity Intermittent Exercise Capacity Under Sleep-Low, Train-Low Conditions. PG - 105-111 LID - ijsnem.2019-0275 [pii] LID - 10.1123/ijsnem.2019-0275 [doi] AB - The authors tested the hypothesis that perception of carbohydrate (CHO) availability augments exercise capacity in conditions of reduced CHO availability. Nine males completed a sleep-low train model comprising evening glycogen-depleting cycling followed by an exhaustive cycling protocol the next morning in the fasted state (30 min steady state at 95% lactate threshold followed by 1-min intervals at 80% peak power output until exhaustion). After the evening depletion protocol and prior to sleeping, subjects consumed (a) a known CHO intake of 6 g/kg body mass (TRAIN HIGH) or (b) a perceived comparable CHO intake but 0 g/kg body mass (PERCEPTION) or a known train-low condition of 0 g/kg body mass (TRAIN LOW). The TRAIN HIGH and PERCEPTION trials were conducted double blind. During steady state, average blood glucose and CHO oxidation were significantly higher in TRAIN HIGH (4.01 +/- 0.56 mmol/L; 2.17 +/- 0.70 g/min) versus both PERCEPTION (3.30 +/- 0.57 mmol/L; 1.69 +/- 0.64 g/min, p < .05) and TRAIN LOW (3.41 +/- 0.74 mmol/L; 1.61 +/- 0.59 g/min, p < .05). Exercise capacity was significantly different between all pairwise comparisons (p < .05), where TRAIN LOW (8 +/- 8 min) < PERCEPTION (12 +/- 6 min) < TRAIN HIGH (22 +/- 9 min). Data demonstrate that perception of CHO availability augments high-intensity intermittent exercise capacity under sleep-low, train-low conditions, though this perception does not restore exercise capacity to that of CHO consumption. Such data have methodological implications for future research designs and may also have practical applications for athletes who deliberately practice elements of training in CHO-restricted states. FAU - Waterworth, Sally P AU - Waterworth SP AD - University of Essex. FAU - Spencer, Connor C AU - Spencer CC AD - Liverpool John Moores University. FAU - Porter, Aaron L AU - Porter AL AD - Liverpool John Moores University. FAU - Morton, James P AU - Morton JP AD - Liverpool John Moores University. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200301 PL - United States TA - Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab JT - International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism JID - 100939812 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - CHO restriction OT - fatigue OT - glycogen OT - placebo EDAT- 2020/02/06 06:00 MHDA- 2020/02/06 06:00 CRDT- 2020/02/06 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/11/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/12/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/02/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/02/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/02/06 06:00 [medline] AID - ijsnem.2019-0275 [pii] AID - 10.1123/ijsnem.2019-0275 [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2020 Mar 1;30(2):105-111. doi: 10.1123/ijsnem.2019-0275.