Cas Fuchs
@casfuchs.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @MaastrichtU.bsky.social / Expert Consultant Nutrition @TeamVismaLeaseaBike.com / Human Physiology | Muscle Metabolism | Sports Nutrition | Recovery Strategies
🚴♂️ Breakfast may not “top up” liver glycogen as quickly as you might think.
Excited to share our new study, now online (in press) in the American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism:
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Excited to share our new study, now online (in press) in the American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism:
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Breakfast consumption does not rapidly increase liver or muscle glycogen content in well-trained cyclists | American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism | American Physiological Society
A carbohydrate-rich breakfast is commonly consumed by cyclists to compensate for an overnight decline in liver glycogen content and, as such, to maximize liver glycogen stores in the hours prior to ex...
journals.physiology.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🚴♂️ Breakfast may not “top up” liver glycogen as quickly as you might think.
Excited to share our new study, now online (in press) in the American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism:
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Excited to share our new study, now online (in press) in the American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism:
journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1...
New insights into glycogen recovery in endurance athletes 🧵
1️⃣ Our new study in The Journal of Physiology tested how muscle + liver glycogen recover after exhaustive cycling in well-trained cyclists.
1️⃣ Our new study in The Journal of Physiology tested how muscle + liver glycogen recover after exhaustive cycling in well-trained cyclists.
August 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
New insights into glycogen recovery in endurance athletes 🧵
1️⃣ Our new study in The Journal of Physiology tested how muscle + liver glycogen recover after exhaustive cycling in well-trained cyclists.
1️⃣ Our new study in The Journal of Physiology tested how muscle + liver glycogen recover after exhaustive cycling in well-trained cyclists.
Illness or injury can affect any of us — and often results in hospitalization.
Yet the impact of hospital stays on muscle health is often underestimated.
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Yet the impact of hospital stays on muscle health is often underestimated.
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August 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Illness or injury can affect any of us — and often results in hospitalization.
Yet the impact of hospital stays on muscle health is often underestimated.
⬇️
Yet the impact of hospital stays on muscle health is often underestimated.
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🧊 Our newest study out in MSSE!
Post-exercise cold-water immersion:
⬇️ Reduces muscle microvascular perfusion
⬇️ Lowers amino acid incorporation into muscle
🔗 Strong link between blood flow & blunted anabolic response
Led by @milanwbetz.bsky.social
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
Post-exercise cold-water immersion:
⬇️ Reduces muscle microvascular perfusion
⬇️ Lowers amino acid incorporation into muscle
🔗 Strong link between blood flow & blunted anabolic response
Led by @milanwbetz.bsky.social
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
Post-Exercise Cooling Lowers Skeletal Muscle Microvascular... : Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
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Twelve young males (24 ± 4 y) performed a single resistance exercise session followed by water immersion for 20 min with one leg immersed in cold water (8 °C: COLD) and the contralat...
journals.lww.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🧊 Our newest study out in MSSE!
Post-exercise cold-water immersion:
⬇️ Reduces muscle microvascular perfusion
⬇️ Lowers amino acid incorporation into muscle
🔗 Strong link between blood flow & blunted anabolic response
Led by @milanwbetz.bsky.social
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
Post-exercise cold-water immersion:
⬇️ Reduces muscle microvascular perfusion
⬇️ Lowers amino acid incorporation into muscle
🔗 Strong link between blood flow & blunted anabolic response
Led by @milanwbetz.bsky.social
🔗 journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/ab...
Our New study in EJSS!
2 weeks of bed rest causes ~5% leg muscle loss in healthy adults.
DXA, CT & MRI detect similar decline. MRI-based automated analysis offers a fast, reliable alternative to manual muscle quantification.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#musclehealth #MRI #research
2 weeks of bed rest causes ~5% leg muscle loss in healthy adults.
DXA, CT & MRI detect similar decline. MRI-based automated analysis offers a fast, reliable alternative to manual muscle quantification.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#musclehealth #MRI #research
Quantifying Leg Muscle Disuse Atrophy During Bed Rest Using DXA, CT, and MRI
This study evaluated whether dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide comparable outcomes in quantifying disuse-induced skeletal ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Our New study in EJSS!
2 weeks of bed rest causes ~5% leg muscle loss in healthy adults.
DXA, CT & MRI detect similar decline. MRI-based automated analysis offers a fast, reliable alternative to manual muscle quantification.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#musclehealth #MRI #research
2 weeks of bed rest causes ~5% leg muscle loss in healthy adults.
DXA, CT & MRI detect similar decline. MRI-based automated analysis offers a fast, reliable alternative to manual muscle quantification.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#musclehealth #MRI #research
Reposted by Cas Fuchs
Our groups new paper is now out in @expphysiol.bsky.social looking at the reliability and repeatability of total creatine levels across 3 brain regions. Take a look if interested.
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
Intra‐ and inter‐session reliability and repeatability of 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining total creatine concentrations in multiple brain regions
Using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) to determine total creatine (tCr) concentrations will become increasingly prevalent, as the role of creatine (Cr) in supporting brain health gain....
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Our groups new paper is now out in @expphysiol.bsky.social looking at the reliability and repeatability of total creatine levels across 3 brain regions. Take a look if interested.
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
Reposted by Cas Fuchs
Part of our free Thermal Physiology #ebook is this article from @casfuchs.bsky.social (@maastrichtu.bsky.social) et al., which investigates passive heat treatment effects on muscle tissue and protein synthesis!
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March 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Part of our free Thermal Physiology #ebook is this article from @casfuchs.bsky.social (@maastrichtu.bsky.social) et al., which investigates passive heat treatment effects on muscle tissue and protein synthesis!
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Download the e-book here:
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Download the e-book here:
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