Carbing Up: Do Carbs Improve Resistance Training Performance?

By Aadam | Last Updated: September 5th, 2026

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Note: This article is by Andrew King, who joined the Physiqonomics research team a few months back.

Andrew is currently completing his master’s degree in Sports and Exercise Science out in New Zealand at the Auckland University of Technology. His current research projects are looking at pre-exercise fuelling and how it affects resistance training performance.

Alongside his interest in sports nutrition, Andrew is also a competitive powerlifter, so strength and hypertrophy research is another interest.

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