Sports Nutrition Discussion Board 5

The video discusses the role of free radicals in skeletal muscle during rest and exercise, highlighting their importance in endurance training adaptations. It explains how excessive antioxidant supplementation can hinder these adaptations. In contrast, free radicals are not significant stimuli for muscle hypertrophy in strength training, so antioxidant intake does not affect these adaptations.

Explain the relationship between free radicals and mitochondrial biogenesis in the context of exercise.

What adaptations occur in skeletal muscle as a result of increased free radical production during exercise?

What are the main stimuli for muscle hypertrophy during resistance training?