Essays on Biceps

Introduction

In the present paper, we present the findings received in two experiments conducted in class. Both experiments deal with reflexes. Before we proceed directly to the obtained data, it is necessary to give the general overview about the nature of reflexes. A reflex action is defined as an action involving an involuntary and spontaneous movement (Purves et al. 2004). However, the stimulus is needed to observe the movement. A stimulus can be expressed in several ways – most commonly it presupposes the use of some mechanical force on a particular part of the body.

Materials and Methods

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Introduction to Social research

Earl Babbie has begun with the logical reasoning based assertions which are often used to justify ones stand in sociological context. He gives the example of malnutrition of black athletes and AIDS for gays to explain that the relation between the stated assertion and reasoning often defaults on logical parameters. He has explained that examples quoted above are merely a lopsided generalization of those assumptions which might be true for a very limited number of cases in reality (Babbie, 2001). For example, due to excessive Islamic extremism the Middle East and Asian countries are suspicious of general Muslims to ...

Summary of teaching plan

Since this proposal targets children of all grades (about ages 7 to 19 years old) in a school community, division of the school children were done by grade level. This is because some terms such as obesity and body mass index may be too deep for the younger population to understand. Also, we don’t want to have a large target audience in each teaching session in order to encourage more individual student interaction. Since children ages 7 to 19 years are the target audience, the presentation first showed a video clip animation. It first started showing a person ...

Clark

Clark, a junior in high school wants to gain some muscle mass before his last football season next year. He is not very knowledgeable about nutrition and mainly consumes processed foods. His diet consists of two to three meals a day and his training regimen is sporadic and inconsistent. He has three months to obtain the results that he wants. Clark’s basal metabolic rate (BMR) is 1874.1. Clark’s daily calorie requirement (DCR) is 3,538.5. Clarks target heart rate is 166. There are several things to keep in mind while working with Clark. First, Clark is not ...

Introduction

Daily activities performed by human beings is a certain way call for the use of force and energy in executing them. This energy is got from well feeding to ensure that the body muscles, joints, and bones stand up to the necessary task of undertaking a specific activity without much strain or getting tired without completion of the work or activity. Due to this, one must ensure that the body as a whole is fit to undergo the strain brought by the practise exercise to develop the muscles, bone, joints, and the body as a whole.

Principle of specificity is on of the ...

- Review of the Functions of the Skeletal System

The skeletal system has about six general functions in the body of an organism. It is indicated that the skeletal system forms a vital section of the body because there are other numerous functions that particular bones perform in the body. These different bones are situated in the various parts of the body according to their functionality. The first function of the skeleton is the provision of support to softer tissues as well as giving points of attachment for most of the skeletal body muscles. The body tissues and muscles could ...

Aims

The main aim of the experiment was to verify the vector cross product and its torque. Other aims were to understand the mathematical model of carrying out the vector cross product and to determine the equilibrium in a system under torque.

Introduction

In the manipulation of vectors through multiplication two kind of products are achieved, the dot product and the cross product. The dot product of a vector is a scalar quantity and hence it only has magnitude. An example of scalar quantity is work done by a force. The cross product of a vector produces a quantity that has both direction and magnitude. ...

Question 1

The cerebellum is an essential part of the neuromuscular system in that it plays major roles in the timing of muscular activities and the smooth progression of one muscular movement to the next. The summary of how this is done is that it sequences all the muscular activities necessary for a particular movement, and then makes corrective adjustments as necessary when the movement is being executed so that they conform to the motor impulses being generated by the cerebral cortex and other significant parts of the central nervous system (Ganong, 2005). For instance, for an individual holding a cup and ...

1. Principle of specificity: only the muscles trained will respond. a. Provide a concrete example of the principle of specificity to athletics/sports preparation, personal fitness training, or rehabilitation. 2 points. Specifity is the change that occurs in the body as a result of training. Specificity in athletics comes in when the athlete trains repeatedly performing specific activities in preparation for the exact requirements of a sport. Distant runners require doing exercises that would make them adapt to sustained running. On the other hand, throwers need to train in a way to build up their muscles in size and thickness in order to ...

Aerobic is a biological terms which means “with air” or “in the presence of air”. When it comes to define Aerobics, we replace the word “air” with “oxygen”. Yes, aerobics or aerobic exercise includes all such steps or activities which involve a systematic inhale and exhale of oxygen, which enhances cardiac strength and also helps in fat loss by adequate metabolism activity. Every such exercise that enhances efficiency of respiratory and circulatory systems is included in aerobics; for example cycling, swimming, dancing, jogging, brisk walking etc. As these exercises involve stretching and strengthening too, these enhances the flexibility of the body, ...

Fatigue

Fatigue is a common condition suffered by individuals undergoing chronic illness. The two main factors responsible for fatigue include central and peripheral mechanisms. Central mechanisms largely arise from proximal events such as neuromuscular junction, which is subdivided into supraspinal or spinal. Peripheral fatigue is caused by muscle contraction activities and includes excitation contraction or muscle bioenergetics. The discussion covers some mechanisms involved in fatigue experiences (Gandevia, 1994).

Voluntary muscle activation

This mechanism associated with central fatigue, accounts for about 15% to 20% of the usual and normal fatigue during continuous or sustained fatigue contraction. The voluntary drive of the muscle incurs difference in ...

Introductory Problem One

Concentric muscle action is an action that describes the contraction that involves the shortening of a muscle. Examples of activities where the concentric muscle action is required include walking on level ground, picking up a weight and kicking a ball. The quadriceps and calfs are involved when walking on level ground and when kicking a ball. The biceps, deltoids and back muscles are involved when picking up a weight.

The eccentric muscle action is where a muscle elongates as it being stimulated in order to develop tension. Some of the activities that require eccentric muscle action are extending the elbow where the biceps branchii are ...

Football for College Learners Training by Kebel Johnson

The renowned football player Kebel Johnson will join college learners on 21st November 2012, at Ohio State University in the largest football event training on strength training. Westlord Sports Club has joined forces with the department of sports at Ohio State University to organize the event, and it will offer college learners, at the university, an exclusive opportunity to obtain tips from a sporting champ. Research demonstrates that strength training for footballers has several benefits. For instance, De Proft and his cohorts introduced a group of Belgian professionals into extra weight training. Weighed against a control group of equals who performed ...

Movement of the forearm

Movements of various parts of the body is mainly controlled by the group of muscles located around the parts of the body and crossing the joints that hold the part of the body and these group of muscles are usually supplied by nerves that coordinate the activities of those muscles and the movements that tend to occur at such region. Depending on the types of movements that usually occur at the part of the body, the group of muscle around the region usually, function to move the body at an opposite direction. Those muscles are usually located to run ...