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by DrScump 3850 days ago
Low-intensity exercise uses free fatty acids, not glucose/glycogen, as its primary fuel.
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This is not a binary thing, as intensity increases the substrate gradually shifts from FFAs to glucose. If one has been starving, fasting or eating very low carb for a while, the muscles will also use ketone bodies in place of glucose.