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Circadian phenotype is associated with diurnal variation in human exercise performance.

European journal of applied physiology·July 15, 2026·PMID 42455307

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Individual circadian phenotype influences the size of the well-known evening advantage in endurance performance, suggesting that exercise testing and training prescription could be optimized by considering an athlete's chronotype and habitual sleep timing.

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