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When it comes to doing exercise, there is no right or wrong way to do it! If you enjoy playing soccer, then do that! Or if you love going for a jog, then by all means, do it! One should not cage them self in the gym and tear themselves apart simply to look a certain way. You need to show yourself the love and care that you deserve, and really just get moving in a way that makes you genuinely happy!

Quick fact. Ready? Glutamine is a special amino acid that the body naturally produces and stores within muscle tissue. This AA helps with muscle recovery, muscle glycogen and protein synthesis, and helps to combat the increasing acidity that occurs during intense workouts. We get about 1-6 grams from high protein foods, however this is often times not enough for intense marathoners, weight lifters, are athletes of any kind.

Quick fact. Ready? When we workout at moderate intensities, the vessels in our skin dilate in order to send more blood to the surface and release heat from the body. However at high intensities, that blood is redirected towards the heart and working muscles to fuel their high levels of work. This leads to less thermoregulation, and thus a higher risk of overheating when working at very high intensities, especially in hot weather.

Quick fact. Ready? Fast twitch muscle fibres are actually larger in size than slow twitch muscle fibres. This is why athletes who are involved in more power producing movements; such as sprinters or discus throwers; have more muscle surface area than a endurance athletes, such as marathon runners.

Quick fact. Ready? When one becomes more aerobically fit, such as with prolonged endurance activities, one's body becomes more efficient at burning fat, as supposed to carbs, over a wider range of intensity outputs. This helps to preserve muscle glycogen, and thus helps to combat fatigue.

Quick fact. Ready? When exercising at higher intensities, one often begins to feel fatigued even once half of intramuscular glycogen stores have been depleted. Higher carb diets may help to delay this fatigue by replenishing these muscular energy storages.

Quick fact. Ready? During physical activity, there is a whole bad vasoconstriction, EXCEPT for at the working muscle itself. This dilation at the active muscles is caused by the metabolites released during contraction, and helps to redirect blood flow towards them.

Quick fact. Ready? One should notice performance improvements even within the first week after beginning aerobic/endurance training. Training affects occur fairly quickly. However, detraining occurs just as quickly with such aerobic activities.

Quick fact. Ready? Endurance training for a minimum of 5-6 hours every week can result in a physical enlargement of the heart itself known as Athlete's Heart Syndrome. The increase in size allows for the heart to pump out more blood with every beat, making it more efficient. This is the body's way of adapting to the increased oxygen demand being put on it during prolonged aerobic training. Now, who wouldn't want a bigger heart?

Quick fact. Ready? The intensity of a specific activity can often be conveyed through way of METS (Metabolic Equivalents). These are expressed in relation to one's Basil Metabolic Rate, which is why Exercise machines ask to input one's weight prior to exercise.

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