Marathon Running: Understanding Temporary Height Loss and Recovery
Runners can experience a temporary, minor height reduction after a marathon due to fluid loss and compression of intervertebral discs, a normal, rever...
By Hart
Category: Exercise Physiology
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Anaerobic Exercise: Primary Fuel, Energy Systems, and Nutritional Implications
During anaerobic exercise, the body primarily utilizes glucose and its stored form, glycogen, as its main fuel source to rapidly generate energy witho...
By Hart
Energy Sources After 3 Hours of Exercise: Fats, Carbs, and Protein
After three hours of continuous exercise, the body primarily relies on fat oxidation as its dominant energy source, with depleted carbohydrate stores ...
By Alex
Anaerobic Respiration and Fatigue: Understanding Metabolic Byproducts and Energy Depletion
Anaerobic respiration causes fatigue in humans primarily through the accumulation of metabolic byproducts like hydrogen ions and inorganic phosphate, ...
By Alex
Fat Metabolism During Exercise: How Your Body Mobilizes, Transports, and Burns Stored Fat for Energy
When you exercise, your body mobilizes stored fat, breaks it down into fatty acids, transports them to muscles, and oxidizes them in mitochondria to p...
By Hart
Muscle Fatigue: Central vs. Peripheral Causes, Mechanisms, and Influencing Factors
Exercise causes muscle fatigue through a complex interaction of central nervous system factors and peripheral muscle issues, primarily involving the a...
By Alex
Marathon Running: What Your Body Releases, Energy, Hormones, and Recovery
During a marathon, the body releases a complex cascade of energy substrates, hormones, neurotransmitters, and metabolic byproducts to sustain effort, ...
By Hart
Post-Run Puffiness: Causes, Concerns, and Mitigation Strategies
Post-run puffiness is a normal physiological response caused by temporary fluid shifts, localized inflammation from muscle micro-trauma, and vasodilat...
By Hart
Anger and Strength: The Physiology Behind Lifting More When Mad
Lifting more when angry results from a temporary 'fight or flight' response, triggering a surge of adrenaline and other hormones, enhanced muscle recr...
By Jordan
