Energy systems/Fatigue and recovery

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What is EPOC?
Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption
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What is muscle fatigue?
Muscle fatigue is a symptom that decreases your muscles’ ability to perform over time. It can be associated with a state of exhaustion, often following strenuous activity or exercise.
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What is fast recovery mechanism (alactic)?
This is also termed the Restoration of Phosphogen Stores as the elevated respiration primarily helps resynthesise the muscles’ store of ATP and PC
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What is Slow recovery mechanism (lactic)?
This is primarily responsible for the removal/re-conversion of lactic acid/lactate.
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What is Lactate Shuffle?
During recovery process, a small proportion of lactic acid produced is recycled back into glucose.
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What is muscle fatigue?

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Muscle fatigue is a symptom that decreases your muscles’ ability to perform over time. It can be associated with a state of exhaustion, often following strenuous activity or exercise.

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What is fast recovery mechanism (alactic)?

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What is Slow recovery mechanism (lactic)?

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What is Lactate Shuffle?

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