In this episode of Sculpture Fitness Flex & Facts, host Jose Martinez and co-host Lucas Dias break down the Cori cycle and explore how the body recycles lactate between working muscle and the liver to help manage energy demands during intense exercise. They connect this energy pathway to smarter workout nutrition and discuss how supplements such as creatine, BCAAs, D-ribose, and appropriate carbohydrate intake may support different aspects of training, ATP availability, recovery, and performance. Jose and Lucas also explain why supplementation should be based on the intensity, duration, and metabolic demands of the workout rather than simply taking products because they are popular. The conversation connects these concepts to the EMFD methodology, showing how understanding energy depletion and recovery can help athletes make better decisions about when to fuel before, during, and after training. Flex or fact? This episode takes supplementation beyond the label and into the physiology behind how your body actually produces, uses, and restores energy.

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