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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6276429" data-attributes="member: 6696971">Couple things here that need some serious clarification as I see anaerobic exercise and metabolsim/endurance mistakenly conflated with aerobic exercise and metabolism/endurance regularly.&nbsp; What you have depicted in the first paragraph contrasts phenomena that are all but completely compartmentalized.&nbsp; An MMA fighter has world class anaerobic endurance but, unless he relentlessly trained his aerobic endurance in the same proportion, he would have no hope of running a marathon.&nbsp; The inverse is also true for a marathon runner attempting to not &quot;gas out&quot; in the first minute of a 5 minute combat interval.Anaerobic exercise is short burst, high intensity activity, typically ranging from a few seconds to a few minutes, that is associated with (almost exclusively) fast twitch muscle use.&nbsp; The metabolic process that powers this activity releases high energy phosphates stored in limited quantity in muscles.&nbsp; This is because the process of aerobic metabolism (which involves the uptake of oxygen generating the energy necessary for prolonged, low-intensity exercise) is insufficient to the task of supplying the energy needed at the required rates to power the short burst, high intensity activity of anaerobic activity.&nbsp; Also, anaerobic metabolism includes rapid glucose breakdown which produce lactic acid, localized muscular fatigue and/or failure (when lactate levels are really high).Aerobic exercise is an entirely different metabolic process, requiring an entirely different training regime to improve aerobic endurance.&nbsp; A long distance runner is a different beast altogether than an MMA Fighter.&nbsp; As such, I'm entirely of the opinion that given the inherent nature of martial activity (both the metabolism/endurance and the dynamic, high intensity, burst exchanges where openings are observed, oriented, decided upon, and executed in split-seconds), it makes complete sense for a short term (encounter) based resource scheme to be in play for warriors to tactically ration and deploy.&nbsp; To the point, anaerobic metabolism/endurance and OODA Loop dynamics completely legitimize a short-term resource and opening/reaction system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 6276429, member: 6696971"] Couple things here that need some serious clarification as I see anaerobic exercise and metabolsim/endurance mistakenly conflated with aerobic exercise and metabolism/endurance regularly. What you have depicted in the first paragraph contrasts phenomena that are all but completely compartmentalized. An MMA fighter has world class anaerobic endurance but, unless he relentlessly trained his aerobic endurance in the same proportion, he would have no hope of running a marathon. The inverse is also true for a marathon runner attempting to not "gas out" in the first minute of a 5 minute combat interval. Anaerobic exercise is short burst, high intensity activity, typically ranging from a few seconds to a few minutes, that is associated with (almost exclusively) fast twitch muscle use. The metabolic process that powers this activity releases high energy phosphates stored in limited quantity in muscles. This is because the process of aerobic metabolism (which involves the uptake of oxygen generating the energy necessary for prolonged, low-intensity exercise) is insufficient to the task of supplying the energy needed at the required rates to power the short burst, high intensity activity of anaerobic activity. Also, anaerobic metabolism includes rapid glucose breakdown which produce lactic acid, localized muscular fatigue and/or failure (when lactate levels are really high). Aerobic exercise is an entirely different metabolic process, requiring an entirely different training regime to improve aerobic endurance. A long distance runner is a different beast altogether than an MMA Fighter. As such, I'm entirely of the opinion that given the inherent nature of martial activity (both the metabolism/endurance and the dynamic, high intensity, burst exchanges where openings are observed, oriented, decided upon, and executed in split-seconds), it makes complete sense for a short term (encounter) based resource scheme to be in play for warriors to tactically ration and deploy. To the point, anaerobic metabolism/endurance and OODA Loop dynamics completely legitimize a short-term resource and opening/reaction system. [/QUOTE]

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