INTRODUCTION
Human body must continuously supply energy from the substracts[En2](glycids, lipids, protids) and use it to accomplish several tasks, among which the muscular work [En1].
During physical activity a subject’s performance is strictly linked to the capacity to win energy from the substracts and convey it to the contractile system of the muscular cells [En1] [En2].
Such transfer is effected through thousands of complicated reactions which can be referred to as two metabolic ways [En1] necessary to the ATP re-synthesis (adenosine triphosphate), the molecule of the nourishers which is “burnt” by the cells in order to produce energy:
- Aerobics way, in which the totality of this kind of reactions requires a continuous supply of oxygen.
- Anaerobic way
, in which other reactions set free a large quantity of energy in a short time without need of oxygen. This way is essential for activities requiring a lot of power (for example sprint) and can lead or not to the formation of lactic acid (alactacid anaerobic way and lactacid anaerobic way).
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