Final Exam Content Flashcards
Previous claim: Resistance exercise increases muscle mass but _________ exercise does not
endurance
Previous claim: High external loads increase muscle mass but ______ do not
low loads
Previous claim: Acute changes in hormones following resistance exercise are _______ for increasing _________
important; muscle mass
Current claim: Endurance exercise can
coexist with strength training
Current claim: Slow walking combined with _____ can increase muscle mass
BFR
Current claim: Low loads increase muscle mass similar to
high loads
Current claim: Acute changes in hormones following resistance exercise _____ appear to change muscle mass
do not
What % of 1 RM grows muscle
30 & 80
80% 1 RM for how many reps results in an increase in strength adaptation
1 & 3
Testosterone begins to decrease after ______ in the high hormone group
15 minutes
Which is better for growing muscle, high or low hormones?
Same effect
Results: Work-induced growth of skeletal muscle in normal and hypophysectomized rats
Growth evident within 24 hours
Growth reached maximal extent by 5 days
Support conclusion that pituitary growth hormone is not essential for skeletal muscle hypertrophy
Two types of muscle growth distinguished: GH-dependent, work-induced
Local mechanism of hypertrophy
calcium kinetics (specifically in heart for skeletal muscle)
Periodization definition
an exercise system, if design correctly, that helps to prevent overtraining while optimizing peak performance through progressive cycles
During periodization, as intensity increases, reps _____
decrease
Undulating Perioidzation
where volume and intensity go up and down weekly or daily within the training period
Amino acid transport across the cell increases
MPS
Results: the effects of supraphysiologic doses of testosterone on muscle size and strength in normal men
No exercise grp similar during baseline, by 10 weeks testosterone grp had effectiveness
Exercise groups had high increases in testosterone without supplementation, by 10 weeks testosterone supplementation group had effectiveness
Testosterone increased BW
Exercise increased FFM
Exercise + Testosterone significant in all CSA and weight lifted; most robust
Growth hormone lowers
glucose utilization and glycogen synthesis
Growth hormone increases _____ and enhances ______
amino acid transport across cells, fatty acid breakdown, collagen growth, and cartilage growth; immune cell function
Collagen growth increases
protein synthesis
Results: Hormonal and growth factor responses to heavy resistance exercise protocols
10 RM group had more growth due to being in the hypertrophy range
Growth hormone in 10 RM group was high showing growth hormone has anabolic properties
Results: Muscular adaptations to combinations of high and low intensity resistance exercises
Hypertrophy group had the highest growth hormone concentration
Point of diminishing returns during strength phase
MVC testing good for strength due to specificity
If the acute hormone hypothesis is true, which group in the ** Muscular adaptations to combinations of high and low intensity resistance exercises ** study would have more of an increases in muscle hypertrophy?
combo group more than strength group; hypertrophy should be minimal in strength group due to low amounts of circulating hormones
Results: Resistance exercise-induced increases in putative anabolic hormones do not enhance muscle protein synthesis or intracellular signaling in young men
Large increase in growth hormone, testosterone, cortisol, etc.
No difference in MPS which suggests hormones may not play a large role in hypertrophy
Results: Elevations in ostensibly anabolic hormones with resistance exercise enhance neither training-induced muscle hypertrophy nor strength of the elbow flexors
T1, T2, and EF CSA increase with no difference in conditions
Convinced hormones were not important for strength
Results: Associations of exercise-induced hormone profiles and gains in strength and hypertrophy in a large cohort after weight training
Growth hormone no significant relationship with LBM
Free testosterone no greater changes in LBM
IGF1 has no relationship with LBM
Cortisol only correlation to LBM (8%)
Results: Does the muscle action duration induce different regional muscle hypertrophy in matched resistance training
Quads showed significant main effect for group and muscle region
Quads CSA @ 70% had greater increase
@ 50%, 5c1e and 1c5e had higher increases in CSA
Idea for Previous RT Volume Influencing Adaptive Reponses
Previous training history sets what stimulus is necessary to induce an anabolic response in the muscle tissue
Is 4 sets to failure maximal?
3-5 is optimal
If you habitually perform 8 sets to failure, is 4 sets no longer effective?
Those who habitual do 4, do not gain anything from doing extra sets; can also be harmful to connective tissue
Muscle Hypertrophy Response Is affected by Previous Resistance Training Volume in Trained Individuals suggested
proper manipulation of RT variables can optimize muscle hypertrophic response
Results of Muscle Hypertrophy Response Is affected by Previous Resistance Training Volume in Trained Individuals study
individualized protocol significantly higher in changes of vastus lateralis
Results for Crescent pyramid and drop-set systems study
improved muscle CSA for all, between subject variability lower, crescent and drop-sets did not promote greater strength gains
Weight in hand sensed by fibers to move said weight
mechanical tension
Idea that lower loads align more metabolites for growth
metabolic stress
Metabolic Stress mechanisms
feel the burn, getting a pump, higher reps, shorter rest
Muscle Damage mechanisms
eccentrics, full ROM, novelty
Mechanical Tension mechanisms
progressive overload (system force production) & mind-muscle connection (muscle force production)
Base of hypertrophy period
mechanical tension
What contributes to fatigue?
Metabolites
Motor unit fatigue
one after the other until the complete end of the set for overall growth
Studies didn’t give opportunity for growth beyond what is maximal due to
BFR and high load RT
End product of glycolysis
lactate
ATP Hydrolysis
ATP + H2O <– ATPase –> ADP + Pi + H
Post-exercise BFR study results
cuff attenuated growth, metabolites did nothing, more discomfort in cuff group
Anabolic benefits of venous BFR study suggested that
swelling could be anabolic
Elevated plasma lactate levels via exogenous lactate infusion study results
muscle lactate and pH had drastic increases in the muscle; no difference in lactate or saline conditions
Exercise –>
mTor
mTor –>
S6K1
S6K1 –>
increases MPS
Elevated plasma lactate levels via exogenous lactate infusion study discussion
Maybe needs to be refined, or more, or injected directly into muscle; may reduce exercise while increasing lactate to see if there is a response
Characteristics of skeletal muscle
multinucleated, has mitochondria, transverse tubules (t-tubules), myofibrils, sarcomeres, intracellular structures (sarcolemma, sarcoplasm, sarcoplasmic reticulum)
Epimysium
surrounds entire muscle
Perimysium
middle; surround bundles of muscle fibers
Endomysium
surrounds individual muscle fibers
Satellite cells help with
regenerative cell growth
Through donation of what do muscle fibers continue to grow
nuclei
Structures that give skeletal and cardiac muscle their striated appearance
myofibrils
Troponin pulls away when
calcium attaches to it
Myofibrils inside
endomysium with tails pointed towards center of sarcomere
Myosin
thick
Actin
thin
Skeletal Muscle Mass
75% water, 20% protein, 5% other
Extensive branching of blood vessels ensures each muscle fiber an
adequate oxygenated blood supply from the arterial and rapid removal of CO2 in venous circulation
Enhanced capillary microcirculation expedites removal of
heat and metabolic byproducts from active tissues in addition to facilitating delivery of oxygen, nutrients, and hormones
Capillary to fiber ratio
fibers grow more than added capillaries; ratio decreases
All motor units within a muscle are considered a
motor pool
Action potential ________ the nerve terminal
depolarizes
Depolarization of the nerve terminal activates
voltage-gated calcium channels
Calcium enters the synaptic terminal and increases
cytosolic calcium concentration
Increased cytosolic calcium causes release of
neurotransmitter from vesicles
Neurotransmitter enters into __________ _________ through ____________
synaptic cleft; exocytosis
Neurotransmitter dissociates from receptor and is removed from synpase by (3)
metabolism, reuptake into nerve terminal, or diffusion away from synapse
Postsynaptic receptor
nicotinic-cholinergic receptor (NAChR)
What is nicotinic-cholinergic receptor (NAChR)?
a ligand-gated channel
Nicotinic-cholinergic receptor (NAChR) is selective for
Na and K
Activation of nicotinic-cholinergic receptor (NAChR) allows
diffusion of sodium into the cell and potassium out of the cell
Acetylcholine esterase (AChE) is localized in
folds of the endplate
Acetylcholine esterase (AChE) hydrolyses the Ach to
choline and acetate
What is taken back into the nerve terminal by sodium dependent co-transporter
choline
Choline taken back into the nerve terminal is used to
synthesize new AcH
What diffuses away from the synaptic cleft
acetate
Endplate is/is not electrically excitable
is not
The membrane surrounding the endplate is/is not electrically excitable
is
Membrane surrounding the endplate contains
voltage-gated sodium and potassium channels
Current produced by EPP spread to surrounding muscle membrane and ________ it to _________
depolarized; threshold
Current activates ________________ __________ __________ and produces an
voltage-gated sodium channels; action potential
Activation of what channels allows calcium to flow out of the SR into cytoplasm
Ca release channels
What is in the SR membrane that pumps cytosolic calcium into the SR
Ca ATPase
Action potentials travel down sarcolemma from endplate into the ____________ and activate ___________ __________ ____________
t-tubules; voltage-gated calcium channels
Activation of calcium release channels causes release of
calcium from lateral sacs of SR
Sequestration of calcium into the SR decrease
cytosolic calcium concentrations
Calcium binds to
troponin
Calcium binds to
troponin
Troponin removes blocking action of
tropomyosin
One cross-bridge cycling ceases, the sarcomere
extends to resting length
If no ATP available for cross-bridge, it remains
attached to actin producing rigor mortis
Protein that intertwines with actin and covers myosin binding sites on actin
tropomyosin
protein binds to tropomyosin and holds it over myosin binding site
Troponin
Endoplasmic reticulum-like organelles that store calcium in skeletal muscle (and cardiac) muscle fibers
SR
Enlargements at the end of SR and is associated with the transverse tubule
lateral sacs
Invaginations of the muscle plasma membrane (sarcolemma)
transverse tubules (t-tubules)
Activation of motor neuron cell body leads to
an action potential