----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 5:48 AM
Subject: Question on muscle tension and
hypertrophy
Pedro,
Simply put, with regards to the statement in your mail, I think its referring
to muscle tension thats directly proportional to muscular hypertrophy. With a
high velocity movement there is rapid crossbridge cycling and consequently
less cross bridges attached at any one time and thus less tension in the
muscle fibre. With a slower movement, there are more cross bridges attached
and hence greater tension is developed. I think there are a number of
experiments around that examined the relationships between amino acid uptake
and muscular hypertrophy under various levels and durations of tension during
different training protocols. It may be worth having a look
at:
Brooks, G.A., Fahey, T.D. & White,
T.P.(1996). Exercise Physiology. Human Bioenergetics and its Applications.
Mayfield: USA.
Its an excellent book that gives a number of
references you may wish to chase up.
Regards,
Steve Aspinall
2nd Year BSc Sport REhab
Undergrad
