diff --git a/anatomy/Muscle_Fatigue.md b/anatomy/Muscle_Fatigue.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ada1ec2 --- /dev/null +++ b/anatomy/Muscle_Fatigue.md @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +# Muscle Fatigue + +"decrease of a muscle's ability to maintain tension/power over time" + +no oxygen -> that makes lactic acid + +lactic acid is short term + +fatigue - can no longer preform level of activity + +often oxygen debt + +recover period, failure / rest + +preform glycolysis, liver breaks down lactic acid into glucose USING ATP +(only works in rest period) +cori cycle + +muscles have different fiber types - therefore has different fatigue +* type I - slow oxidative +* type IIa - fast oxidative +* type IIx - fast glycotic + +all muscles have all fivers, density is the key differentiators + +## Slow oxidative Muscle Fibers (Type I) +* "slow twitch" +* works in oxygen, and moves slowly +* structural characteristics + * small muscle diameter + * more vascularity/high capillary density + high mitochondria density -> aerobic! +* Metabolic characteristics! + * take three times longer to contract ( slowest of all fibers) -> sustained movement (fatigue resistant) + * impulse to move is 3 times slower than others + * contains myoglobin -> stores oxygen (short term) +* function + * first muscle fibers to be recruited (low power) + * run marathons (can be used for hour+) + * anti-gravity + posture muscles +* basically hard to wear out. the marathon muscle + +## fast oxidative fibers (type IIa) +* structural characteristics + * humans largest diameter muscle fiber + * highly vascularizaion + high density density of mitochondria -> aerobic! + * high density of muscle glycogen / some myoglobin +* Metabolic characteristics + * **can** utilize **anaerobic respiration** + * glycolysis + * creatine phosphate to ADP = some ATP + * can add some extra fatigue resistance to the muscle + * fast contractility -> moderate fatigue resistance +* function + * 2nd recruitment order -> moderate power + * walking/sprinting (longer than one minute, shorter than 30 minutes) +## Fast Glycolytic (Type IIx) +* Structural Characteristics + * intermediate diameter (humans) + * "white fibers" -> paleish pink + * very little vascularity , mitochondria -> almost no aerobic respiration + * high muscle glycogen / little to no myoglobin +* use as much energy as fast as possible +* metabolic characteristics + * primary anaerobic + * Glycolysis + * Creatine phosphate + ADP = some ATP + * Fastest Contractily -> Lowest fatigue resistance + * makes some ATP quickly -> uses it much faster +* function + * 3rd recruitment order -> highest power + * heavy weight training / burst power (less than 60 sec) + + +## Changes in density +* genetics + enviornmental stress +* hypertrophy vs atrophy + * changes density of muscles +* endurance exercise (trend to type Ia) + * angiogenesis (increase amount of blood vessles to the muscles) + * increase myoglobin + mitochondria +* resistance exercise (trend to type II's) + * damage leads to increase in mass + * literally split muscle fibers -> repaired bigger + * increase in myofibrils )size and number) + * increase in glysosomes (store glycogen)) + * strengthens Connective Tissue, tendons, and bones + + +basically as you train, the muscles work on making it easier by handling those + +muscle memory: going back to state of athletic state, enviornmental stress + +