Lifting weights refills muscle energy slower than sprinting or HIIT, maybe because you don’t build up as much lactic acid and your muscles get more sore from stretching under load.

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Muscle Glycogen Resynthesis after Short Term, High Intensity Exercise and Resistance Exercise

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1996 Feb

The study found that lifting weights (resistance exercise) refills muscle sugar slower than sprinting or intense bursts of activity, and it says this is because lifting causes more muscle soreness and less lactic acid — just like the claim said.

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Muscle Glycogen Resynthesis after Short Term, High Intensity Exercise and Resistance Exercise

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DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199621020-00003

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