What would you guys say the answer to this question is?
This question was on my bio test today:
Two people are rowing a boat for 10 minutes. While they row the boat/exercise, they start to feel shaking in their muscles, and a burn in their muscles. What causes this? Will the pain go away after they finish working out?
I know the thing that causes that is lactic acid buildup in the muscle, and I went on to explain that whole process (lactic acid fermentation), and I know I got that part correct. However, for the second part of the question, is the answer yes, or no? Many of my friends said no, but I say yes. The reason being that right after you finish working out the burn you feel during the workout is gone as lactic acid is converted back to pyruvate through the aid of the liver. It's like when you are lifting weights: While you are lifting the weights, you feel a lot of burning in your arms, but as soon as you stop lifting for few moments to a few minutes, the burn has completely subsided. Any additional pain that may be felt for the days after are not caused from lactic acid buildup. The pain is entirely different: It is caused by tears in the muscles, inflammation of certain parts of the muscle, etc.
Do you guys agree or disagree?
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[quote=dimo]The answer depends on how you view the question? Is the shacking/pain caused by the exercise or is it an underlying disease? If it's exercise related then obviously the pain/shacking will stop afterwards (especially since no time frame was given), otherwise if it's an underlying condition such as hypocalcemia then without aid the symtoms may not stop.[/quote]
That's exactly what I was thinking. The question made it sound like it was referring to the pain that occurred during exercise (in other words, the burn they feel). That burning sensation will DEFINITELY go away after they finish with their exercise. And like you said, no time frame was given. It simply is asking will the pain go away after the workout is finished, in which case, you have to say yes, because saying no implies that the pain will not go away forever. If she says the answer is no, I feel like I have even points to argue with her and hopefully earn my marks.
The answer depends on how you view the question? Is the shacking/pain caused by the exercise or is it an underlying disease? If it's exercise related then obviously the pain/shacking will stop afterwards (especially since no time frame was given), otherwise if it's an underlying condition such as hypocalcemia then without aid the symtoms may not stop.
isn't the question asking "Will the pain go away after they finish working out?"
so they would still feel pain afterwards (?)
why wouldnt the pain go away? its not gonna stay there forever lulz o.o what a silly statement to say the pain wont go away
Umm why don't they just take some painkiller? o.o
I haven't taken biology yet so my answer shouldn't be taken seriously and my word isn't reliable in this situation but I would say no.