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Muscle Adaptations to Anaerobic Training
Muscle Adaptations to Anaerobic Training
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Muscle Adaptations to Anaerobic Training
Anaerobic training has to do with high-intensity training methods whereby the source of energy does not rely upon the use of oxygen. The number of sports and the sprinting, high-intensity training relies on anaerobic training to attain top performance. The body goes through a series of adaptations that have consistent anaerobic training, with virtually every system in the body affected. From the endocrine system to the cardiovascular system anaerobic training gives adaptations that are beneficial for high performance and good health. Worth noting, anaerobic training mainly focuses on anaerobic energy systems such as alactacid and lactic acid and getting physiological adaptations that benefit these systems. This text highlights the muscle adaptations to anaerobic training.
Hypertrophy is one of the adaptations through which anaerobic training boosts the size of muscles. Hypertrophy is achieved by optimizing the levels of actin and myosin, which are the proteins that facilitate the movement of muscles on a microscopic level. Anaerobic training inhibits the degradation proves and boosts the production of such proteins. This causes increased myofibrils levels, which are an additional component of the muscle cell. However, whether anaerobic training causes hyperplasia is still unknown. Hyperplasia is the increase in the number of muscle fibers and not the size as it would be hard to count it. The magnitude of muscle growth and protein synthesis depends on the nutrition, hormone receptor response, hydration, and training program (Sözen, 2018). A strategy which incorporates a combination of metabolic and mechanical factors tend to optimize hypertrophy. Mechanical factors such as eccentric actions, heavy loads, and low-to-moderate volumes. Metabolic factors main focus is putting stress on the glycolytic energy system that is said to take effect after 43 seconds of high volume and high-intensity activity with short periods of rest.
Fiber-type transitions are another muscle adaptation to anaerobic training. Essentially, the proportion of fiber types that an individual has is relatively unchangeable and is determined by genetics (Vermeulen, Plancke, Boshuizen, de Bruijn, & Delesalle, 2017). However, hypertrophy makes Type-II fibers to change into Type-I fibers. Additionally, hypertrophy makes Type II-x fibers to change and behave more like Type II-a which is viewed as the capacity to respond to low stimulus levels.
Architectural and structural changes are also muscle adaptations that take place during anaerobic training. Structural changes boost expression of strength and muscle function. Anaerobic training leads to increased density of cytoplasm, myofibrils, and activity of Na-K ATPase. It also ignites an increase in t-tubule density and sarcoplasmic reticulum. Two architectural changes influence how force is transmitted to bones and tendons. There is boosted muscle fascicle length and also increased cross-sectional area in the muscle fiber causing resulting in boosted pennation angle.
Decreased capillary and mitochondrial density are also additional muscle adaptations to anaerobic training. The gross number of capillaries and mitochondria stays the same however the density reduces due to hypertrophy. This means that the number of capillaries and mitochondria per muscle is low, but the total number remains the same as before hypertrophy. However, this does not affect aerobic performance due to the improved efficiency of capillaries and mitochondria. Raising buffering capacity is efficient for acid-base balance. One can buffer out lactic acid more faster. It is a by-product of the metabolic processes which is heavily depended upon during anaerobic exercise. This leads to delayed fatigue during exercise hence leading to opportunities for more longer and productive training sessions. Additionally, the overall muscle efficiency improves due to increased storage of glycogen, ATP, and creatine phosphate. Additionally, the enzymes which function by using the substrates in the metabolic processes are active and more, by extension, more efficient.
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Sözen, H. (2018). The effects of aerobic and anaerobic training on aerobic and anaerobic capacity. J Int Anatolia Sport Sci Vol, 3(3).
Vermeulen, R., Plancke, L., Boshuizen, B., de Bruijn, M., & Delesalle, C. (2017). Effects of training on equine muscle physiology and muscle adaptations in response to different training approaches. Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift, 86(4), 224-231.
Murder, scandals, and the frightening world of surveillance all intertwine to form Francis Ford Coppolas thriller, The Conver
Murder, scandals, and the frightening world of surveillance all intertwine to form Francis Ford Coppola’s thriller, The Conversation. The viewer, engulfed in a restricted narration, explores the mystery Harry Caul, the protagonist, has caught himself in. A narration that begins objective with spurts of subjectivity is enhanced by the peculiar character traits of Harry. A plot that slowly unravels with surprising turns and leaves the viewer dangling at the end explores the dangers and horrors of surveillance.
Exploring the complex character of Harry Caul is key to understanding the movie. At the beginning we hear him say he doesn’t care about what the subjects he’s surveying are saying, just as long as he gets a fat recording. Arriving home from the job we find his door loaded with locks and upon entering an alarm goes off. On the floor is a birthday gift. Harry then calls the manager of the apartments and wants to know how the manager entered his home. Instantly in the first ten minutes of the film we are shown how secretive Mr. Caul is. He even is surprised that someone knows it’s his birthday. A birthday is something that almost every normal person wants shared and know. This fact emphasizes how he is a loner even more. His secrecy is even greater emphasized when he travels to see his girlfriend, Eve.
When he arrives Harry mentions it’s his birthday and she didn’t even know. This fact triggers Eve’s curiosity even more and she tries to find out more about him. Harry won’t tell her where he works or where he even lives. He becomes upset with these questions and tells her to stop. Someone becoming nervous about these simplest of questions shows incredible insecurity, and paranoia. This side of him is strange as it completely contrasts and is hypocritical with his treatment of other people.
Harry dives into other peoples’ lives, it’s his instinct to survey. Upon entering Eve’s apartment he stops at the top of the stairwell and listens. She then tells him that how he slowly and quietly puts the key into the door, then opens it quickly it seems as if he’s trying to catch her doing something. Eve even tells Harry she feels like he listens to her phone conversations, which he becomes instantly defensive over. This gives the viewer the thought that he might even of have tapped her line. Besides his dealings with Eve, Harry acts the same at his job.
In fact Harry is a leading surveillance expert. When listing notables to a surveillance convention his name is the top of the list. Everyone at the convention even knows his name and wants Harry to give the approval on their product. It seems that Harry is scared of being out done and having his life surveyed. This fear keeps him on top of the surveillance world.
As we follow the plot line and try to learn more about why the conversation is important we also are on the search to understand Harry Caul. This is a sub meaning that runs right along with the movie. This blankness and secrecy of Harry continue the mysteriousness of the plot.
The last yet most important trait is Harry’s conscience. At the beginning of the movie Harry tells his co-worker he doesn’t care what the subjects are talking about, just as long as he gets a fat recording. This impersonal attitude proves to be false. The fact that he does have a conscience creates conflict of the movie and leads into the cause and effect aspect.
The narration being restrictive we see all that Harry sees. When listening to the conversation Harry recorded the viewers are keyed onto certain passages. One is when the two subjects are talking about the bum. The woman says how sorry she feels for the bum and the man replies, “He isn’t hurting anyone.” To which she responds “neither are we.” Here we are given the notion that these two are lovers.
When Harry tries to turn his tapes into the director the assistant director attempts to take them. At this moment Harry begins to wonder what they are use for. He takes his tapes and leaves. But leaving the building Harry sees the two subjects he recorded. Here is where Harry’s conscience and the fact that the narration is restrictive plays a large part. Harry returns to his workshop and clarifies one point of the conversation that was hidden. Here the man subject says “He would kill us if he got the chance.” This is the important part of the movie. Harry’s conscience kicks in and we learn that he had once done some work where his tapes had some people killed. The fact that the two subjects seem to be innocent lovers nags at Harry. His line where said he didn’t care what was said on the tapes becomes null.
The simple cause is Harry made the recording. Interestingly enough the effect is that people might die, and another part of the effect is that Harry’s conscience kicks and he wants to stop what he started. This is a very interesting idea and shows the complexity of Harry’s character and how it ties into causality. He tries to trick himself into being impersonal, but his character won’t let him.
Another important piece of the meaning is how the story and plot interact. The plot draws you along throughout the movie giving you bits and pieces of what the story is. Up through the murder scene and briefly after the viewers are to believe that the director’s wife was cheating on him. That was the reason why the recordings were made. The viewer believes this to be the story, yet after the murder Harry tries to see the director but he isn’t admitted. On the way out of the building Harry sees the girl however. At this moment a whole different chunk of the story is shown. This new chunk is that of a conspiracy.
The plot and narration does an excellent job of tricking the viewer. Through its restrictive view and a few objective scenes where Harry feels upset and you see the two subjects of the recording the viewer is almost positive it is a simple affair ending in murder. The temporal order of all the flashbacks had an important role in tricking the viewer. Through constant repetition of the flashbacks the viewer is keyed into their conversation, which makes them seem compassionate, innocent. The compassion they show the bum is implanted in your thoughts. This set the viewer up for even a greater surprise.
Now the story is expanded. It now includes how the assistant director and the wife used Harry to further their scheme. The ending comes abruptly after this leaving the viewer hanging. The story isn’t resolved. The plot only showed you the middle chunk of the story. By leaving this line open it furthers the mystery. Adding to this mystery is the fact that Harry, the great bugger, is now under surveillance. Incredibly he can’t even figure out how. Showing once again his incredible fear of being watched and listened to he rips his whole apartment apart in vein. Here another question is left. What is going to happen to Harry? Is he going to be able to out smart the assistant director? Will they kill him like the director? These questions add to the mysteriousness of the movie.
From the beginning with sounds that the viewer wonders what they are and could consider them non-diegetic, then realizes it is the recording of voice, to the end where the story is left in question the viewer never once has a complete understanding. The character of Harry Caul is a mystery in itself. Thoughout the movie his strange traits are revealed. Then through a restrictive narration you embark on this mystery man’s journey, which is also strange and deceiving. The flashbacks you can’t understand. And when you realize that there was a huge conspiracy, you still don’t receive a complete conclusion. Though these forms of narrative the director and writers formed a mysterious and sinister vision of surveillance. A disturbing vision that the viewer is left to think and worry about.
Chapter 14 – Biology Homework Discussion
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Chapter 14 – Biology Homework DiscussionMechanized agriculture has negative impacts on the environment such as soil loss, effects of fertilizer on aquatic ecosystems and bioaccumulation of pesticides. The vast tracts of bare land contribute to an increase in soil erosion by wind and water, and this has the consequence of soil loss in the region being transferred to another location. Lack of crop rotation leads to the depletion of nutrients in the soil, and this is only replaced through the application of fertilizers to reinforce the nutrients. Due to this, the use of fertilizers is increased and the soil become reach in inorganic chemicals and metals. In the event of rain, the nutrients leach through the soil finding their way to the water sources poisoning the aquatic life such as fish leading to their death. The increased use of pesticides on plants accumulates in the storage regions of the crops to which are consumed by humans, and this leads to the production of crops that are full of pesticides. Fossil fuel increases the rate of carbon emission, and this has the main effect of increasing greenhouse gases that lead to global warming. In a field where genetically identical seeds are planted, genetic diversity is lost, and plants of one kind can be found in the fields.
According to the cause of the problems, soil loss can be prevented through ensuring that there is enough vegetation cover such as grass to prevent soil erosion by wind and water. Sparingly use of fertilizers, and the replacement of fertilizers with organic fertilizers reduce the effect of fertilizers on the aquatic life and thus save the marine ecosystem. To prevent bioaccumulation of pesticides in the plants, more genetic differentiation is needed as well as the use of predators to prey on some pests. Fossil energy increases carbon emission into the atmosphere and thus need to be replaced with other energy sources such as electricity and the use of human resource to work on the fields to reduce carbon emission.