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Comment on: “Assessment of Metabolic Flexibility by Means of Measuring Blood Lactate, Fat, and Carbohydrate Oxidation Responses to Exercise in Professional Endurance Athletes and Less-Fit Individuals"

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  1. Sport Performance and Physical Fitness Research Group (UIRFIDE), Physical Education and Sport Department, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Jordi Monferrer-Marín, Ainoa Roldán, Pablo Monteagudo & Cristina Blasco-Lafarga

  2. Department of Education and Specific Didactics, Jaume I University, Castellón, Spain

    Pablo Monteagudo

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Monferrer-Marín, J., Roldán, A., Monteagudo, P. et al. Comment on: “Assessment of Metabolic Flexibility by Means of Measuring Blood Lactate, Fat, and Carbohydrate Oxidation Responses to Exercise in Professional Endurance Athletes and Less-Fit Individuals". Sports Med 52, 2009–2010 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01659-2

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