Body Facts & Fiction Q5
MORE INFO: The patella is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body and is located anterior to knee joint within the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle, providing an attachment point for both the quadriceps tendon and the patellar ligament. SOURCE: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519534/#:~:text=The%20patella%20is%20the%20largest,tendon%20and%20the%20patellar%20ligament.
Body Facts & Fiction Q4
MORE INFO: It may be difficult to imagine when looking at a tiny newborn baby, but that infant has around 300 bones — and those bones are growing and changing shape every day. Adults, on the other hand, have 206 bones, which make up about 15 percent of their body weight. Wait — did we […]
Body Facts & Fiction Q3
MORE INFO: The skull consists of 22 bones in most adult specimens, and these bones come together via cranial sutures. The function of the skull is both structurally supportive and protective. The skull will harden and fuse through development to protect its inner contents: the cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, and orbits. SOURCE: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499834/#:~:text=The%20skull%20consists%20of%2022,cerebellum%2C%20brainstem%2C%20and%20orbits.
Body Facts & Fiction Q2
MORE INFO: Universal donors are those with an O negative blood type. Why? O negative blood can be used in transfusions for any blood type. Type O is routinely in short supply and in high demand by hospitals – both because it is the most common blood type and because type O negative blood is […]
Body Facts & Fiction Q1
MORE INFO: Less than one percent of the population has this blood type. SOURCE: https://www.blood.co.uk/why-give-blood/demand-for-different-blood-types/rare-blood-types/#:~:text=What’s%20the%20rarest%20blood%20type,of%20our%20donors%20have%20it.
Training & Exercise Q25
MORE INFO: The term is used to describe a way of dividing one’s training up across a week, specifically as it relates to weightlifting. Generally speaking, Bro Splits divide the training across major muscle groups. The idea behind this is that you get to target each muscle group once a week and get a lot […]
Training & Exercise Q24
MORE INFO: In an isometric muscle contraction, the muscle fires (or activates with a force and tension) but there is no movement at a joint. In other words, the joint is static; there is no lengthening or shortening of the muscle fibers and the limbs don’t move. In this type of muscle contraction, there is […]
Training & Exercise Q23
MORE INFO: In a concentric contraction, the muscle tension rises to meet the resistance then remains stable as the muscle shortens. During eccentric contraction, the muscle lengthens as the resistance becomes greater than the force the muscle is producing. SOURCE: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899915/#:~:text=In%20a%20concentric%20contraction%2C%20the,force%20the%20muscle%20is%20producing.
Training & Exercise Q22
MORE INFO: Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is muscle pain that begins after you’ve worked out. It normally starts a day or two after a workout. You won’t feel DOMS during a workout. Pain felt during or immediately after a workout is a different kind of muscle soreness. It’s called acute muscle soreness. Acute muscle soreness […]
Training & Exercise Q21
MORE INFO: In a concentric contraction, the muscle tension rises to meet the resistance then remains stable as the muscle shortens. During eccentric contraction, the muscle lengthens as the resistance becomes greater than the force the muscle is producing. SOURCE: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899915/#:~:text=In%20a%20concentric%20contraction%2C%20the,force%20the%20muscle%20is%20producing.