Performance Nutrition Digest

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Does overnight fasting influence neuromuscular function? ⚡️

Changes to metabolism, but what about muscle function?

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Tom Coughlin
May 25, 2026
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Overnight fasting does not affect motor unit firing, but may induce recruitment threshold-dependent changes in motor unit recruitment threshold

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Exercise under fasting conditions intended metabolic responses (e.g. ⬆️ fat oxidation) but…

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