Kowalski, Analysis... Of My Glucose!

Kowalski, Analysis... Of My Glucose!
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Your muscles during exercise: "Kowalski, glycolysis!" The penguin commander from Madagascar summoning his metabolic soldier to break down glucose and generate ATP is peak cellular desperation. Those 2 ATP molecules from glycolysis are basically pocket change compared to the 34 from aerobic respiration, but when you're sprinting, your cells can't be picky. They're just frantically converting glucose to pyruvate like penguins executing a covert operation.

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