ILOs

• Describe the mechanisms involved in supplying energy for skeletal muscle contraction
• Outline the processes considered to induce fatigue after intensive and endurance efforts respectively
• Compare and contrast the principles of resistance and endurance training, and the adaptations they induce in the muscles over time
• Compare and contrast the properties of the resultant fibre types found in stable, adult, human muscles.

• Scenario
• Skeletal Muscle - Background
• Genetics in Muscle
• Gross Anatomy of the Muscular System
• Muscles and Biomechanics
• Structure of Skeletal Muscle
• Motor Units
• Training Responses in Humans
• Skeletal Muscle Activation