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Filling up the Match Day Fuel Tank

Gaelic football and hurling are high intensity intermittent sports with matches ranging from 60 to 75 minutes. Players are required to complete many bouts of sprinting followed by short periods of rest and recovery. Maximum intensity exercise of this nature places a high demand on fuel systems in the body, predominantly the carbohydrate stores of…

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