Running Economy: Understanding Its Physiology and How to Improve It
Running economy, a critical determinant of endurance performance, refers to how efficiently an individual uses oxygen to maintain a particular pace, i...
By Jordan
Category: Exercise Physiology
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Working Out: Understanding Normal Wetness, Causes, and When to Be Concerned
Yes, experiencing various forms of wetness like sweat, vaginal lubrication, and nasal discharge during exercise is entirely normal, as these are cruci...
By Hart
Post-Exercise Sweating: Why You Sweat More After Your Workout
The body often sweats more after exercise than during the activity due to sustained metabolic heat production, continued efforts to dissipate accumula...
By Jordan
Temperature and Physical Performance: Impact of Heat and Cold
Both hot and cold temperatures significantly challenge the body's thermoregulation, directly impacting physiological functions, reducing endurance and...
By Hart
Muscle Contraction: How Tension Affects Muscle Tissue, Adaptation, and Training
Tension from muscle contraction fundamentally drives movement, provides stability, and acts as the primary stimulus for muscular adaptation, including...
By Hart
Exercise and Body Heat: Production, Regulation, and Adaptations
Exercise primarily increases body heat due to metabolic processes, but the body employs sophisticated thermoregulatory responses like sweating and vas...
By Hart
Body's Energy Systems: Phosphagen, Glycolytic, Oxidative, and Their Roles
The phosphagen system, also known as the ATP-PCr system, is the fastest energy system to engage, providing immediate bursts of energy for high-intensi...
By Hart
Muscular Exercise: Acute Responses, Chronic Adaptations, and Influencing Factors
Muscular exercise elicits a complex cascade of immediate (acute) and long-term (chronic) physiological responses involving intricate interplay across ...
By Hart
Muscle Force: Understanding Production, Influencing Factors, and Optimization
The force muscles can produce is a dynamic variable determined by intrinsic properties, neural control, and biomechanical factors, reflecting the maxi...
By Hart
