# Harper College/Student Success/Exercise/Anatomy

Anatomy of Exercise
Thomas Alexander Gabor
Everyone wants to get in shape, but not everyone realizes that round IS a shape! But people want to be fit so that they can either impress, feel good about themselves or because they are health freaks. People try to do certain exercises to strengthen certain parts of their body, but how can you do that without knowing the anatomy behind all of this? MercolaFitness states that if your trying to increase muscle for example, your body needs more oxygen, that's why when we do a certain activity that requires effort, we begin to start breathing heavily and your heart starts pumping more blood to the muscles that are in use. Oxygen helps your body produce ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) which is the chemical in your body that gives energy to muscles and allows growth. Without sufficient oxygen, lactic acid will form instead. Tiny tears in your muscles will allow ATP to make them grow bigger and stronger as they heal. As you prepare to get ready for a high intensity exercise, your muscles start contracting and you start reaching for cellular energy (ATP) stored in your body to fuel you As you ramp up in intensity, your heart rate increases, too; working harder to pump oxygenated blood to your muscles According to an article found in Classpass, when we exercise, we feel more pumped and our moods usually change for the better. Dopamine is the chemical that makes u feel proud of the hard work and effort you put in. While these are all the tangible physical characteristics that we recognize we’d be surprised what actually goes on inside of our bodies. For instance: when we begin to workout, our adrenaline begins to come into action and it helps increase your metabolism quickly to allow for sudden increase in activity levels. When were at the gym our adrenaline comes into play but not fully. Adrenaline just allows us to stay focus on completing our exercise but let's say if your being chased by a bear our adrenaline will spike up enormously and we would run away faster than we could even think possible.
The heart has a huge role in this topic of exercise. During exercise the heart is responsible for pumping the blood, and it slowly adapts to exercise over time. So, its ability to pump blood develops, allowing for increased levels of oxygen to enter the muscles you’re working out. Let's take the bicep for example: When you begin to curl a dumbbell, your heart rates begins to quicken to allow the blood to pump into the moving muscle in order to actually curl the weight. Without the blood flowing you would not be able to contract your bicep! When you begin to do a couple reps you will notice that your arteries and veins are beginning to be more and more exposed because of the sudden pumps of blood flowing to the biceps, which causes growth and that's what most people want to accomplish! According to Verywellfit.org, with regards to cardio, you may have various objectives, yet the most widely recognized is training the heart and consuming calories for weight the executives. The components you need to have set up for cardio practice includes the kind of activity you pick will be founded on your wellness level, what you appreciate and the gear you have accessible. For amateurs, strolling may be a decent spot to begin. Any movement that utilizes the huge muscles of the body such as the legs, and enables you to get your pulse up, so pick what you appreciate. Another component to decide is the manner by how hard you need to work. You can gauge force by utilizing your Target Heart Rate. Various sorts of exercises include consistent preparing. This kind of exercise would resemble strolling or running at a medium pace for 20mph. This sort of exercise is useful for structure continuance and molding the body. Interim preparing includes rotating high and low-force episodes of activity and improves oxygen consuming force and consume more calories. This is an incredible method to start a running system (by substituting strolling and running) or to help continuance rapidly. Precedent: Beginner Interval Training.High-intensity aerobics you spin through a progression of moves, in a steady progression, with almost no rest in the middle. This is incredible when you're short on schedule and need an extreme exercise.
Waehner, Paige. “How to Set up All the Components of an Effective Workout.” Verywell Fit, Verywellfit, 2 July 2018, www.verywellfit.com/anatomy-of-a-workout-1230932.
ClassPass. “Anatomy of a Class: What REALLY Happens to Your Body.” The Warm Up, 21 Oct. 2014, classpass.com/blog/2014/10/21/anatomy-of-a-class-what-really-happens-to-your-body/. sinitean, Joseph. “What Happens in Your Body When You Exercise?” Mercola.com, 2006, fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2013/09/20/exercise-health-benefits.aspx.