Enhanced intramyofibrillar glycogen storage early (3–24 h) during recovery from eccentric contractions but later (48 h) in recovery all subfractions of glycogen are lower in the exercise leg compared with the control leg.

<p>Intermyofibrillar (A-D), intramyofibrillar (E-F) and subsarcolemmal (I-L) glycogen content at the various time points are shown in type II fibers (A, E, I) and type I fibers (B, F, J). Bars represent geometric means and horizontal lines represent 95% confidence interval. Scatter plots of glycogen content against mitochondria content of individual fibers are shown for pre, post 3h and post 24h (C, G, K) and for post 48h and control 48h (D, H, L). Lines represent best-fitted linear regressions. †: different from control 48h (<i>P</i> = 0.00001). *: different from the other time points (<i>P</i> < 0.001).