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Glycogen is a polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals and occurs mainly in liver and muscle tissue; it is readily converted to glucose.

Any glucose in excess of the needs for energy and storage as glycogen is converted to fat.

Fat is stored predominantly as adipose tissue throughout the body and is an energy reservoir. It is less accessible for cellular metabolism as it must first be reduced from its complex form, triglyceride, to the simpler components of glycerol and free fatty acids. So although fat acts as a vast stockpile of fuel, energy release is too slow for very intense activity

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