The effects of swimming and running regimens on skeletal muscle glycogen in the rat.
Endurance capacity and the effects of different post-exercise states on skeletal muscle glycogen have been studied in rats trained by swimming or running and in sedentary controls. Regular endurance exercise resulted in increased skeletal muscle glycogen stores. A greater depletion was observed in trained animals than in non-trained animals after a training bout or exhaustive exercise. While muscle glycogen levels did not reflect a differential training stimulus (running vs swimming), swimming as a measure of exhaustive exercise was deemed invalid because of the ability of trained swimmers to avoid stenuous exercise by an alteration of swimming pattern.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D009929:Organ Size; D005082:Physical Exertion; D051381:Rats; D012420:Running; D013550:Swimming
D006003:Glycogen