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Current quiz: The equivalent Male Endomorph shape is called a Female?
Endoworph
Ruler
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Pear
Each individual requires regular measuring, tracking, monitoring, adjusting and analysing to develop any contest preparation system into a complete and successful one. The first choice is to make adjustments according to the competitor’s body type (somatotype). The term somatotype is used in the system of classification of human physical types developed by U.S. psychologist W.H. Sheldon. In Sheldon's system, human beings can be classified in terms of three extreme body types: ectomorphic; mesomorphic); endomorphic. Males are divided into these three body types and females are divided into four body shapes, based on somatotypes.
People have features of each body type and not all individuals will have dominant characteristics that fall squarely into one body type. Male competitors can be divided into another four body types which are blends of the 3 major types (ecto-meso, meso-ecto, meso-endo and endo-meso) making seven body types in total. Treating the competitor according to a somatotype is not the sole answer, but it is the first place to start making any adjustments to their training and diet. Somatotypes will help you understand why a program/diet that worked so well with one competitor did not reach the same results with the next competitor. Over time, a trainer will develop an understanding of how each body type responds to specific training stimulus and diet programs.
Last quiz After competing it is better to rehydrate using an electrolyte sports drink rather than water.
True
False
No difference
Results:
172 people participated.
116 (67.4%) voted True
41 (23.8%) voted False
15 (8.7%) voted No difference
Our biggest response yet and also 116 respondents got this correct - True! After the contest you can expect to be very thirsty. Rapid hydrating under these conditions with pure water (and no sodium or electrolytes) can actually be dangerous by inducing a condition known as hyponatremia. Hyponatremia is a fluid-electrolyte disorder that may occur when the sodium level in blood drops below normal. It is important to re-hydrate sensibly understanding you are not only dehydrated but you have played havoc with your system by manipulated your mineral balance. Therefore, use an electrolyte sports drink containing sodium such as Gatorade or PowerAde to safely and effectively re-hydrate your body fast.
The body is well equipped with mechanisms that control blood sodium between 136 to 142 mEq/L. When these mechanisms are overwhelmed, such as by suddenly flooding the body with pure water without sodium blood sodium can drop rapidly. The proper blood (plasma) sodium level is critical for the body to function normally. Sodium plays a key role in body fluid balance and in the conduction of electrical impulses along nerves and across cardiac and skeletal muscle.
Hyponatremia is dangerous and can be deadly. The danger of hyponatremia is that it disrupts the fluid balance across the blood-brain barrier, resulting in a rapid influx of water into the brain. This causes brain swelling and a cascade of increasingly severe neurological responses (headache, malaise, confusion, seizure, and coma) that, in some cases, can lead to death. Women appear more likely to be effected by it than men.
