What do we know about your muscles? Well, except for the fact that they are within us and our flesh.

About 2 hundred muscles start their work only when we step. Cardiac muscle (the heart) - "Chief worker" of our body, its endurance can only envy. About these parts of our body written many scientific articles. We want to tell You about the most interesting facts in our opinion.

• 1. Well, what about us?
In the us approximately six hundred and forty to eight hundred fifty (depending on how to count them). Muscle is heavier and denser than fat where fifteen percent. For this reason, if you take 2 people of the same height of the athlete and normal athlete to be heavier than people "Fat" physique. Our muscle mass is somewhere in the 38-40% of our body.

• 2. "The generals of the body and other fussy."
"Heart" is the main workaholic of our "mortal" bodies, strong, hardy;
"Stremennaya muscle ear" is the smallest, but the functionality is very important to us, "annoying" ear the eardrum in the ear. Her height (aka length) of 1.27 mm;
"Tailoring" is the longest our muscle;
"Blinking" - "fastest" our muscle.
The title of "the Strongest and most powerful muscle (more precisely the Union of the muscles)" is divided between language, calves, buttocks and chewable. By the way, the bite force of some "Biters" of the human race can reach one hundred kg.

"Our bone mass is somewhere in the 38-40% of our body."

• 3. They're all the same!!! Meat is meat!!!
This statement is wrong, they are different and each is unique. Competent coaches and athletes use this knowledge in their workouts and trainings. Using different methods of training your musculature thereby achieve greater results in a shorter time than less experienced athletes. So, train them differently, and rest time is also different. The shortest time of recovery from the triceps, the long dorsal muscle. It is necessary to know and not to forget when planning a workout. We paradisco, "Stay" is not less important for the muscles than the load. Full recovery occurs on average after 2 days after exercise.

• 4. What do you mean "Muscular Endurance"?
It's saving performance over a long period.
As we learned earlier, the Heart is the toughest muscle in our, according to experts, the reserve of our "engine" is at least 1 Century, Yes the environment, stress, alcohol and poor diet reduces this resource.
If your muscle decreases the level of Glycogen, or increased Calcium levels - our muscles begin to "Demand a vacation." "Lactic acid" then the way to do with it.

• 5. Exercise and genes
Exercising, you are exercising more and their genes. The beneficial effects of exercise turns not just your body in General, but also on your genes and their genetic memory,thus help to further tune the muscle fibers to physical activity. There have been many experiments to study this subject, and all the results showed that the genes formed a genetic memory, which further podgotavlivaya muscles to stress. That is why each of the following training is given to a person easier.

• 6. Interesting fact about the muscles of the palm!!!
In our body, on the palms, preserved muscle - Rudiment, or so-called "Long Palmar Muscle". In animals it has been preserved and is responsible for ensuring that the claws climbs. This muscle is by the way also occurs rarely in humans, approximately one in 6 people. And it is only necessary Surgeons as a muscle donor.

• 7. Chocolate?
Interesting fact, our muscles are hardworking, very useful chocolate, but only dark and bitter. This is confirmed by numerous scientific studies. All the fault of "Epicatechin", it has a positive effect on the growth of mitochondria in our muscle fibers. Not more than 100 g, chocolate treats a day - and you are doing excellent prevention of heart disease, blood pressure and atherosclerosis.

• 8. Pumped up once and for all!!!
The most stupid myth that exists in the world of sports. The amount of muscle mass is not eternal. Turns 40 and begins the process of loss of muscle mass in two to three percent per year. Turn 60 is already a five percent loss. Therefore, training is very important at any age, especially Mature!!!

"Training is very important at any age, especially Mature!!!"