Short term effects of excercise on the muscles

Question 1

what are the short term effects of excercise?

Answer 1

-muscle fatigue
-muscle soreness
-production of lactic acid
-increased muscle temperature

Question 2

what is lactic acid?

Answer 2

a wast product of excercise

Question 3

when is lactic acid produced?

Answer 3

during high intensity excercise when the body is respiring anaerobically

Question 4

what are the symptoms of having a lactic acid build up?

Answer 4

muscle fatigue, soreness and pain

Question 5

how does a build up of lactic acid affect performance?

Answer 5

is slows down the muscles and can stop performance

Question 6

how does the build up of lactic acid affect the heart rate and breathing rateafter excercise?

Answer 6

it keeps the heart rate and breathing rate high because oxygen is needed to break down the lactic acid

Question 7

how does lactic acid affect recovery rate

Answer 7

it slows it down

Question 8

what does DOMS stand for?

Answer 8

delayed onset muscle soreness

Question 9

what are DOMS?

Answer 9

the pain and stiffness felt several days after unacustomed or strenuous excercise

Question 10

what causes DOMS?

Answer 10

tiny microscopic tears in your muscle fibres that your body responds to by increasing muscle inflammation which may lead to DOMS

Question 11

how does a cool down help to prevent DOMS?

Answer 11

a cool down will gradually decrease the heart and breathing rate which means oxygen levels will stay higher so more lactic acid can be removed