Fortunately a muscle is nothing like a hose, it works on the same principle as a solonoid, an electric magnet. When a current is present the magnet pulls a pin further into the recepticle. The formula one motors operate the valves this way and up to 17,000 rpm. The Japanese have the superfast trains pulled by magnets.
If one keeps pulling the pins out the magnet speed slows down. If you want more speed put another solonoid in. Fast twitch/slow twitch, remember short fibres/long fibres. When the kid is growing the bones lengthen at the growth plates and the muscles stretch as do tendons. Make more solonoids, remember the short solonoids are fast.
Does stretching as an exercise lengthen the fibres or promote the growth of more short fibres.
yes - But also consider the following. (which im sure you’re aware of - just putting it out there)
In addition to general skeletal muscle loss, the following changes occur as you age:
Muscles take longer to respond to brain signals in your 50s than they did in your 20s. As a normal course of aging, you begin to lose the muscle fibers that are responsible for making you move quickly. The speed of transmission of impulses from the brain to the muscles also slows down, so it takes longer to get the signal, “Hey! Move it!” Your muscles also can’t repair themselves as quickly as they used to, due to a decrease in enzyme activities and protein turnover.
The water content of tendons (the cord-like tissues that attach muscles to bones) decreases as you age. This change makes the tissues stiffer and less able to tolerate stress.
Your heart muscle becomes less able to propel large quantities of blood quickly through your body. As a result, you tire more quickly and take longer to recover.
To answer the 1st Q.
The end goal for most of my clients is to loss body fat, gain lean tissue.
Q 2 - Can it be done without progression to heavier loads v’s doing the exercises in the 1st place at maximal intensity. - Yes it can. However, I test everybody 1 x per month, Body Fat/Lean Tissue.
without doubt, Heavier loads, done correctly, done maximally, in perfect form create a far better response in Fat/lean tissue composition.
Your last part - totally agree. I find most people scale back to mediballs, much like in the videos shown, when their from in Dumbbells drops. Then a week or two, or three later, they are ready to hit the dumbbells again.
So it changes the fibres elastic memory, specifically within the membrane to become more able to elongate longitudinally. The cell increases it’s uptake of lipids, esp free form fatty-acids to achieve this.
Does a signal Have to come from the brain for a Cell to uptake Lipids and become more Elastic?
Perhaps it does?
Perhaps the tiny stretches, send a signal to the brain, which in turn sends the Lipids to the Stretched Fibres for repair, and in turn, the fibre becomes more elastic?
Without the tiny stretches, no signal.
Perhaps?
Perhaps the cell, due to tiny tears, opens the blood barrier within itself to allow uptake of Lipids, repairs itself?
imbalance of 1) Cranio-cervico-mandibular system 2) Pelvic system 3) Feet/gait complex, these are the key points.
Spinal system can be restored with a resetting of cranio-mandibular system in 3-5 treatments.
Actually is my opinion that spinal column is an adaptative, high compensative structure, but not a primary system (just my opinion)!
great topic and close to my heart treatment-wise.
identify the neurological deficiencies (baseline functional neurological testing), correlate this with with biomechanical findings (gait, muscle length, manual muscle testing, joint restriction).
arrive at both a classical (achilles tendonosis, rtc strain, etc.), and functional/mechanical diagnosis.
implement a multimodal treatment plan including soft tissue, joint manip., therapeutic exercise, and neurological resolving activity based on a realistic time frame and actual short term, long term goals. Re-eval on every visit to assure effectiveness of provided interventions and modify accordingly. Cover the bases, and resolve based on necessity of care and not on popular technique choices.
has been very successful in my practice.
All structures are adaptative, it’s the law of the life…but many focus only on compensative adaptation and not on primary system adaptation.
Compensation is always secondary to a structural imbalance of a primary complex system!
We can say: “not all adaptations are equal…”
