Inside the Mind of Deserusan

I’ve noticed a huge increase in tans over the past few weeks. I guess this is the second phase of the Spring Break revolutionaries planned attack of the beaches and clubs of the Caribbean.

The first phase was entrenching themselves in the gym to burn off all those episodes of binge drinking and late night pizza. The reality that they must wear a bathing suit is the harsh reality now facing many of them. As this phase proved seemingly fruitless in such a small amount of time they had to turn to plan B of phase one: the binge and purge.

These are desperate times now. As the pressure of midterms is lifted each day Spring Break comes closer, the pressure of looking good enough to have a drink spilled on them and sloppy sex is fast upon them. Falling down in a crowd with their skirt pulled up revealing a new thong and fresh Brazilian wax will be worn like a badge of pride. This is a time any man should appreciate and something which Desmond Morris should chronicle.

As an ex-hardcore Spring Breaker I definately appreciated all the efforts and you young undergrads should as well. No other time in your life will such vanity ever be so accepted. It is your job to appreciate these efforts because no other time in this cycle of life will your crude pick up lines and drunken undulations on the dance floor be so successful in wooing said tanned and thinned down woman. Make your father proud!

These days which you will spend wandering the beaches like jackals looking for it’s prey are to be remembered. Your nights will be spent perfecting the art of seduction by offering body shots, chanting crude remarks as girls dance upon tables exposing themselves, and by grinding hard on the smoke filled dance floors. I salute you and wish you the best.

Just remember there is the third phase which most Spring Break revolutionaries always forget. There are consequences for your actions. Don’t be that guy who slept with the Mexican hooker. Don’t be that guy who comes back with an itchy rash. Don’t be the guy that shits himself and leaves his dirty boxers for the stranger he passed out with and her roommates to discover. Don’t be the guy in the foam party who realized he made out with a member of the same sex. Don’t be the guy busted while going through customs because he didn’t burn through his entire stash and left some in the fifth pocket of his Diesel Jeans. Most importantly, don’t be the guy who didn’t have the balls to approach one these co-eds and only comes back with an unopened box of Trojans and mind full of what-ifs.

I just wanted to let some of you know I will also be posting in the Arnold Classic Blog here on BodySpace. Check it out if you have a chance!

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In order to begin the advanced discussion on exactly how creatinol-o-phosphate works we first need just a small primer on the role the sarclemma plays in muscular contraction. In a nutshell, maintining the integrity of the sarcolemma during exercise allows the nervous system to effectively communicate with the muscle.

Voluntary muscle contraction begins with a nerve impulse being transferred to the sarclemma of a skeletal myocyte (muscle cell). From here the impulse then travels down transverse tubules into the sarcoplasmic reticulum. This is the key step in initiating contraction because this is what opens the calcium gates. It’s this calcium gate switching on and off which allows for contraction and relaxation of your muscles.

Now when you are exercising, particularly during the eccentric phase of the motion causes structural damage to the sarcolemma. This is indicated by a rise in plasma creatine kinase levels which leaks to the interstitial fluid surrounding your muscles through the sarcolemma. Strenuous exercise causes a general disruption to sarcolemmal membrane. This in turn effects the nervous systems ability to communicate with the muscle causing a disruption of the calcium gates responsible for contraction. Ultimately, this causes less forces generation and ultimately muscle failure.

By maintaining the structural integrity of the sarcolemma you thus allow the nervous system to effectively communicate with the muscle longer. We will leave the discussion at this juncture for now. Tomorrow it seems appropriate to discuss how creatinol-o-phosphate helps maintain polarization of the sarcolemma and in theory quantal summation. Hopefully, this will lead us to the elusive 83% more fiber activation claims.

     

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