Physiology Essay

So you’re ready to hit the gym, huh? You just grabbed a tub of protein, some Underarmor clothes, and a water bottle. You’re ready to make some gains, aren’t you? Wrong. You’ve already made your first mistake, you forgot the creatine. But, does creatine really improve your performance? Well, we all know that one guy that’s always saying the most unbelievable things such as “bro, you gotta take your 50g of protein within 10 minutes of working out or it’ll be wasted!”, it’s straight up broscience…

Throughout the week I have been getting up in the morning around 6:30 and doing some intense workouts for thirty to forty-five minutes a day, outside of class. Before each of my workouts, my resting heart rate is usually seventy-two beats per minute, which is average. I always like to start my workout with a little bit of a warm up just so I can get my blood pumping and get my muscles warmed up. My warm up usually consists of jogging two laps around the track and then doing some warm up…

Stage training is an organized and systematic method of cardiorespiratory training that gives athletes and clients defined parameters for exercise intensity. These parameters will illicit specific physiological adaptations while decreasing the risk of overtraining and injury (Clark, Sutton, & Lucett, 2014). It is important to properly understand what each training zone is designed to do and how they should be implemented to maximize their effects. Hans Selye’s theory of general adaptation…

During exercise, our body produces lactic acid as a bi-product in the production of ATP. Referring to the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), eventually, with persistent exercise, our body's metabolism exceeds the oxygen supply and begins to use alternative biochemical processes that do not require oxygen. These processes generate lactic acid, which enters the blood stream. The link between lactic acid and pH is that lactic acid can acidify ones bloodstream, leading to acidosis and…

2. My interview with Mrs. Rothenaeger went really well. I was able to introduce myself and ask her a couple of the questions that I had planned for her. I first ask her generally what Ryan was like. She enjoyed talking about him and telling me about his likes and dislikes. Ryan really enjoys music and television, and Mrs. Rothenaeger said that I should try to use his enjoyment of music as an incentive to get him to perform activities that I want him to do. She also mentioned that he is not very…

NORTH WEST KENT COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF SPORT & LEISURE FOUDATION DEGREE in SPORTS SCIENCE Human Responses to Sports & Exercise Assessment Task 1 Workbook Student Name: Daniel Kelly Instructions: Read the information provided, and answer the questions. Please note that your answers should be concise, to the point, and include brief explanation. Part A: Scenario: You are a fitness coach and are instructing a personal fitness training session for an athlete in a gym. The session…

The healthcare setting is an ever-changing and unpredictable environment, challenging nurses to various situations that come about in clinical practice (Caldwell & Grobbel, 2013). In such situations, the ability of the registered nurse to demonstrate effective clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills is an essential component of nursing competence (Pinnock & Welch, 2014). The following essay will explore the experience of a registered nurse during a time of clinical decision-making and…

point) Interpret A.S.’s laboratory test results and describe their significance to the patient’s disease process. Both the Hemoglobin and hematocrit are low which can be a sign of kidney failure. When the kidneys start to fail the amount of erythopoietin being relased c often times decreases and the erythopoietin is what stimulates the red bloos cell production. WBC’s are on the low side but still within normal range. Sodium is low, the normal is 135-145, this can be caused by the kidney…

Better Yourself Numerous people don’t understand why some individuals are “crazy” and work out the way they do. They don’t understand why these individuals continue to fit in painful looking physical activities into their schedule. What these individuals don’t realize is that these people have experienced an extreme sense of accomplishment or even major endorphins. People who don’t take time to get in physical activity during the day experience more drowsiness, stress, unhealthy cravings, and…

Incentive Spirometer Volume Trending and Documentation Post-operative pulmonary infections in patients over the age of 65 years present a number of health challenges. These infections, especially pneumonia contribute to the increased the mortality rate of aged patients. Additionally, it has resulted in increased re-admissions rates and prolonged hospital stay, thereby increasing the cost of treatment. These have adverse effects on the hospitals and the patients (Carvalho, Paisani, & Lunardi,…