Physiology & Metabolism Researcher, PhD | Performance Director at Salomon | Exploring 120 & Exolactate | Dreaming at @glut4science & @methub_es

Joined May 2011
Is Exogenous Lactate the "Holy Grail" of sports fuelling? For years, we’ve been focused on >120g/h CHO intake. But how can we explore new limits? Lactate is not a waste. It´s the most efficient and preferential fuel in the human body. A thread on the next metabolic frontier🧵
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"I take 80 grams in T1. Then approximately 160 grams per hour on the bike, and a little lower on the run, around 100. We’ve been pushing up, up, up, at the same time as the power is going up and the pace is going up." Gustav Iden, 2nd place at the Ironman World Championship
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I was thinking how little research has been done on durability/physiological resilience in XC skiing. Fun fact: the first study on this topic may have been in XC skiing! In 1963, Åstrand et al. reported decreased VO2max and max workload after 85k race. doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1963.1…
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Today was a day to digest the paper I shared yesterday and to bring down all the information. To be honest, it just started. This figure is so interesting. No lactate into the muscle meant no exercise capacity. Thanks for the help @borjammt journals.physiology.org/doi/…
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The greatest of all time is the fastest ever on the streets of Melbourne. 🥹❤️ Eliud Kipchoge wins the @melbmara in a new course record of 2:09:10. #EliudsRunningWorld
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👏 ION Y PELLO, GRACIAS POR TODO 🫡 El homenaje habitual a todos los ciclistas que disputan su última carrera en el pelotón: Pello Bilbao, Ion Izagirre, Rudy Molard, Bauke Mollema y Odd Christian Eiking #IlLombardia #LaCasadelCiclismo
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Gracias Fissac!!
En 2020 Aitor Viribay (@MVAitor) publicaba su primer artículo en Fissac. Entonces, ingerir 120-150 g/h de carbohidratos era poco habitual. Hoy se ha normalizado. 6 años después, llegará un nuevo artículo suyo. Mientras, recuperamos aquel primero 👇 fissac.com/ingesta-de-hidrat…
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The usual suspects are arguing about CHO intake for endurance performance. Meanwhile, many elite triathletes will target 150+ g/hour at tomorrow's Ironman World Championship. Many of our athletes will be in the 120+ g/h range; why? Because we've seen the results it provides...
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New @ScienceMagazine A breakthrough in understanding why we get fever and an inflammation response to vaccines. The gut microbiome chronic production of flagellin Paves the way to potentially prevent these acute phase side-effects in the future science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Check this one on CHO and durability!! Even if it’s hard to understand, one of the few papers demonstrating effects of CHO on durability. Well done - this research group is fantastic btw. Make you you follow them!
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Lactate is a buffer agent, but not only on pH. 👉🏼 Lactate buffers CARBOHYDRATES in the body. 🛩️🆙 Lactate elevates up the travelling status of carbons: from traveling in Economy (glucose) to a privilege seat in Business (Lactate) 😜 Read this paper 👇🏼 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3838…
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Some have argued that 10 g of carbohydrate per hour is sufficient to prevent hypoglycaemia during exercise. Latest data from @HenryJMartyn @JamesyMorton clearly disprove this. Absolute statements only need a single observation to be disproved. doi.org/10.1249/MSS.00000000…
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Never trust a "Readiness Score" that cannot tell the difference between a hard interval session and an argument with your boss.
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Long live to these studies!! Well done to authors (@BasVanHooren et al) and thanks for the contribution. Priceless findings around the upper limit of energy transformation. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Sleep may literally be recharging your brain. A new theory states that myelin accumulates energy during sleep, acting as a proton capacitor.
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Versión en español (Prox Eng): más de una década de investigación, análisis de datos y trabajo directo con atletas amateurs y profesionales. Version EPUB para eBook : payhip.com/GabrielDellaMatti…
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