phoenix was half right about peoples muscles deteriorating, theres actually two forms.
distrophy, which is where your organs arent getting the protiens they need, so your body literally eats your muscles to get protien for them.
and atrophy, which is where your muscles break down because your body basically is saying "why do i need so much muscle when im not using it?".
anyway, theres a couple of formulai for exercise, and theres essentially two forms, they are both known as respiration.
Aerobic respiration:
6O2 + C6H12O2 ----> 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP energy (ATP is a nuclaic acid, basically its just a usable form of electricity for your body, plain and simply).
the above equasion for those who dont know their table of elements:
Oxygen + Carbohydrate -----> Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy
the way your body gets energy, is by turning sugars into carbohydrates, burning oxygen as a catalyst, and converting the glucose into energy, and waste products, in this case co2 and water (urine and sweat). its important to understand this, because it will help you with your diet! carbohydrates can be simple, or complex. complex carbs, like banana's and pasta, take a long time to break down to be used as energy, so its good to eat them if you want the energy to be released slowly.
simple carbs, like glucose (which is actually the second simplest form), can obviously be broken a lot faster, so consuming those about 30 mins before running 100 meters is ideal, because itll give you a huge burst of energy in a short time.
the second form.
Anaerobic respiration:
in simple terms, Anaerobic respiration happens when your low on oxygen, your body uses reserve supplies of energy, and can actually use it faster, since its already converted into potential energy. the downside to this is, you can overdo it. so when your huffing and puffing, its because your muscles have been using this form of respiration, and your body is desperately trying to consume enough oxygen to restore all your reserves and get you up and running again.
you'll find, that the more you exercise NATURALLY, your energy reserves will increase, along with your heart and lung strength. pumping iron is all well and good, but if your heart and lungs are in tip top shape for an average 15 year old, then they just arent gonna cope with all that extra muscle. and youll be using the latter form of respiration more and more. which CAN be very dangerous. because when your out of breath and your body is trying to store energy, be under NO illusions, your body isnt even trying to get oxygen to your head, its getting it everywhere else. which is why a lot of people get headaches after racing. their brains are being starved of oxygen.
so seriously, take the natural route. go running every morning, every evening, and on your evening run, take 45 minutes half way, to do some circuit training.
a good one is called "tonne ups" what you do is run 20 meters, then do an exercise, run back 20m, do 2 exercises. repeat, until youve done 10 consecutive exercises.
like this:
run - 10pushups
run - 10pushups,10situps
run - 10pushups,10situps,10squats
run - 10pushups,10situps,10squats,10widearmpushups
run - 10pushups,10situps,10squats,10widearmpushups,10halfsits
run - 10pushups,10situps,10squats,10widearmpushups,10halfsits,10lunges
run - 10pushups,10situps,10squats,10widearmpushups,10halfsits,10lunges,10handstouchingpushups
run - 10pushups,10situps,10squats,10widearmpushups,10halfsits,10lunges,10handstouchingpushups
,10crunches
run - 10pushups,10situps,10squats,10widearmpushups,10halfsits,10lunges,10handstouchingpushups
,10crunches,10squat thrusts
run - 10pushups,10situps,10squats,10widearmpushups,10halfsits,10lunges,10handstouchingpushups
,10crunches,10squat thrusts,10 pullups
do that once a week, with exercise 3 other days per week. and i guarentee you'll be an ox by the time your 18.
ps. expect the ton ups to hurt. a LOT. dont do it on a school night, because i guarentee you wont be going to school the next day.
