Muscle Training Adaptations - Lecture 32 Flashcards
How do you improve strength through strength training
- Motor neuron recruitment increases
- More cross bridge connections; hypertrophy (more actin and myosin filaments).
What happens to the muscle when there are more cross bridges formed?
Hypertrophy
How does Hypertrophy work?
It’s when a cross sectional area of the muscle gets bigger
Do the number of muscle cells (fibres) increase with hypertrophy?
No; only the size
What is hyperplasia in the muscle?
Increase in the # of muscle cells (fibres)
What are the two types of hypertrophy
Myofibrillar Hypertrophy & Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy
Myofibrillar Hypertrophy
Number of myofibrils increase, meaning more actin and myosin filaments.
Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy
The cytoplasmic fluid increases not the myofibrils
Why is Myofibrillar Hypertrophy a functional form of movement?
It’s considered functional because there are more crossbridges to allow movement, longer lasting and more force output is allowed.
Why is Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy non-functional?
It does not help with force output.
Hypertrophic adaptations to resistance training
- Increase in X-section area
- Increase in # of muscle fibres (myofibrils)
- Increase in sarcoplasm
What is the opposite of hypertrophy?
Atrophy
Which fibre type does atrophy affect?
Type IIa and b muscle fibres.
What contributes to the inducing of hypertrophy?
Mechanical Tension, Metabolic Stress, and Muscle Damage
What is the imposed demand that leads to the factors?
Resistance Training (Progressive Overload)
What muscle fibres does resistance training work on and why?
Type II because resistance training is very intense and fast not like Type I which is slow twitch muscles.