------------------------------------------------- How Long Should I Hold My Muscle Stretches? ------------------------------------------------- [Document Subtitle] [Author] Lecturer: How Long Should I Hold My Muscle Stretches Stretching is often performed as part of a warm up prior to physical activity and can be defined as the application of tensile force to lengthen muscle and connective tissue (Stone, Kinser, O'Bryant, O'Bryant, Ayers, & William, 2006). The primary reason for
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due to an increased use of fat as fuel and a sparing effect on carbohydrate utilization. Caffeine may increase the calcium content of the skeletal muscle and enhance the strength of muscle contraction. Caffeine has a direct effect on the central nervous system as a stimulant, which can help with fatigue, increased alertness, and increased muscle recruitment. Effects of Caffeine on Prolonged Intermittent Sprint Ability in Team-Sport Athletes method: Used a double-blind, placebo-controlled
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Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Look no further than exercise. The health benefits of regular exercise and physical activity are hard to ignore. And the benefits of exercise are yours for the taking, regardless of your age, sex or physical ability. Need more convincing to exercise? Check out these seven ways exercise can improve your life. No. 1: Exercise controls weight Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain or help maintain weight loss. When you engage
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the sources of energy for muscle contraction Sources of energy for muscle contraction Muscle contraction is dependent on energy supplied by ATP. The majority of this energy is needed to actuate the walk-along mechanism by which the cross-bridges drag the actin filaments, but some energy is also needed for (1) propelling C ions into the sarcoplasmic reticulum from the sarcoplasm after the contraction is over and (2) propelling sodium and potassium ions through the muscle fiber membrane to keep suitable
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Mind Travis Harris Mind-Body Article Review The article i choose was a very simple article that covered basically everything we went over during class. It was an article i pulled from the "New York Times Opinon Page" titled, Exercise and Academic Performance. The articles starts off by stating that the research they based the article on was preformed by the Institute of Medicine, which is part of the National Academy of Science. The findings concluded that exercise was incredibly important to
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active exercises must be increased. The more vigorous the exercise performed is, the more energy is expended. All leisurely activities should be taken care of throughout the day, but the vigorous activities should be planned in order to incorporate all muscle groups and cardiovascular exercise. What types and amounts of exercise would work best for you? Among the exercises listed the ones that would work best for me would be walking, jogging, and playing sports. Also weightlifting and aerobic exercise
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exercise are running, using the elliptical machine, and swimming. Running or jogging has proven to be an excellent form of cardio. It is the most efficient way to burn calories, leading to weight loss. More importantly, it also uses several different muscles so the body is exerting a lot of effort which raises the heart rate. Although running provides great benefits to the body, there are also downfalls to this mode of cardio. One major disadvantage of running is that there is a constant striking motion
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everyday is walking 10,000 steps or more per day, everyday. Three times I week I will add weightlifting to my routine. I do not have a weight concern, however, I prefer to reduce my body fat percentage down to a single digit number and increase my muscle size. Most exercises can be a performed year round, with the exception of running or jogging, which inclement weather can interfere. However, if even then, jogging can be performed at a gym on a treadmill. Weightlifting has no interference from
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were prescribed many years ago known as a “branched-chain amino acids (BCAA)” (Weider, 2003), characterized as supplement for body building. Muscles are generally made up of amino acids, athletes are encouraged to supplement with the loss. Another characteristic of BCAA is to generate energy. Amino acids taken before a workout will strengthen the athlete muscles. The intake of protein is encouraged before a workout also. Boost in the brain of an athlete mental capacity is consumed with the amino acids
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does not mean the same thing as bodybuilding—exercise is toning your muscles while bodybuilding is increasing the size of the muscles. There are a few fundamentals of exercise that will help you achieve it easily in the best way: frequency, intensity, and duration. Frequency pertains to how often you exercise—everyday, once a week, on weekends… Intensity refers to how hard your exercise is—don’t tire yourself out; if your muscles start hurting in a way they’re not
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