The muscular system is critical to the humane body. It is important from the point of view that it helps in movement. One can’t imagine the aftermaths if we could move or grow! We would, in all probability wouldn’t have existed in the basi place. The muscle tissues in addition in making us move are even more crucial due to the following characteristics.

1. Excitability: What is our normal reaction when we touch a hot plate? We without delay withdraw the part in contact with the hot object. This is known as stimulus and the humane body is programmed to respond to stimuli. The muscle tissues in our body send signals to the brain and the brain tells the body to move out – all this happens within a fraction of a second! Had this taken any longer, we would have burnt our hands, till the time our brain told us to remove the hand!

All this and more is possible because of the excitability function of the muscle tissues.

2. Contractility: In simple words, our muscles may contract. One might question the need for our muscles to contract. If our muscles wouldn’t contract, then we wouldn’t be competent to lift things or sit. The folding of our muscles is in truth contraction taking place and this is the body’s distinctive self-accommodating system that helps the muscles be contained within the same frame rather than tearing out for space!

Also, due to this contraction, a power is invented in the muscles which give the energy to carry out strenuous activities.

3. Extensibility: This is the opposite of the former function. There has to be a similar opposite action in nature and that is best shown by this muscle functioning. After the muscle contracts, it will have to extend to release the energy which it had stored while contraction.

Think of it as when we stretch and when we pull things – without muscle extension, it would not have been possible. Also, extension of the muscles helps growth and is somewhat indirectly affiliated to control of the body temperature (both contraction and extension in pair).

4. Elasticity: If our muscles weren’t elastic, we would have been longer and taller with each extension! Think of the phenomena as a rubber band – it is elastic to a sure limit, beyond which, it breaks. Similarly, our muscles stretch to a sure limit without injury and then come back to it is introductory shape and size. Elasticity of muscle fibers is exceedingly important.

5. Conductivity: The muscle tissues in our body conduct ion interchange and help carry electrical impulses from the brain and nerves to the body elements and vice-versa. This is achieved by the muscles preserving a steady electrical field which facilitates the motion of charged ions.

MMA workouts will help maintain the above brought up characteristics of the muscle tissues and keep you in good health.