Minor Website Review: An Educational Guide for Coaches and Athletes
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/

by Amber Myers
 
 Brian Mackenzie is a former athlete and coach who posted this website in order to provide training and coaching advice for athletes, coaches, and students studying sport related qualifications. His website encompasses just about anything that is related to athletic training, including flexibility, strength, endurance, overload principle, recovery, and much more.
 This website is related to anatomy and physiology because it briefly talks about smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle. Secondly, the website further explains the difference between type I., type II. A, and type II. B skeletal muscle fibers. In addition, the website elucidates how skeletal muscle fibers contract when they are stimulated by action potentials of somatic motor neurons. Fourthly, the website talks about the myogenic and neurogenic changes that occur within muscle fibers when they are stimulated by resistance training for a substantial period of time. Finally, the website even talks a little about stretch reflexes and inverse stretch reflexes.
 One of the things I did not like about the website was that it did not have any diagrams that illustrated its content. In addition, the website would have been better if the author of this website had more credentials. Although he has had many years of experience as a competitive athlete and coach, he has not had any formal education about exercise science. However, I liked the website because it still appeared to be accurate according to my anatomy book. I also liked the website because it was fairly easy to navigate and the content was very easy to understand.

Major Website Review: Anything You Ever Wanted To Know About Anything <http://www.howstuffworks.com/>;;

by Amber Myers

 HowStuffWorks is an exclusive online publisher that posted this website as a resource for millions of people seeking credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world works. This website encompasses a vast number of topics that are related to electronics, health, economics, science, and more.
 This website relates to human anatomy and physiology because it elucidates the physiology of muscle tissue which, depending on the type, is innervated by either visceral or somatic motor neurons that are part of the peripheral nervous system. Understanding the structure of skeletal muscles and how they function is fundamental to understanding the adaptions they make in order to accommodate the stresses exerted on them when stimulated by resistance training.
 One of the things I liked about this website it contained many diagrams, including one that showed the animation of action potentials traveling down the t-tubules of muscle cells and causing the sarcoplasmic reticulum to release calcium. I also thought the website’s search engine was very convenient for navigating a vast amount of information. Although the website presented some information about resistance training, it did not explain the difference between concentric and eccentric contraction. In addition, the website did not provide any background information about the authors of articles in the website other than their names and very broad credentials.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/muscle3.htm
http://health.howstuffworks.com/sports-physiology15.htm

Your first website review seemed complete. I think this was your major but it didn’t have a title so I am not sure. Seems a lot of us missed that. I think you did a good job explaining how your topic relates back to A & P but you probably could have expanded a little on the different types. Very interesting topic, though.
Your second website review also seemed good and also was lacking a title. It also seemed a little short although I am not sure what you could have added to it.

The HowStuffWorks review is missing a signature.
Apart from the missing signature, the paper is a little short. One or two pages were asked for and your review isn’t quite there yet.

Your second review is also missing a signature.
Again, the essay is a little too short. Also, even though the material might have checked out, the author is not in the medical field and therefore needs to cite sources.

The first review An Educational Guide for Coaches and Athletes doesn't state if it's your minor or major review website.
I thought that you did a nice job relating this information back to A&P, but think you could have gone into better detail in explaining the differences in the type I, type II A, and type II B skeletal muscle fibers. You may also want to explain what the myogenic and neurogenic changes occur in resistance training.
 
The second review Anything You Ever Wanted To Know About Anything didn't seem to be missing anything accept for whether or not it's a major site or minor site.
  I liked how you went into detail explaining the action potential in the diagram. I am not clear however on wether or not strength training is the same thing as resistance training. You might want to make that more clear. You also may want to expand on how skeletal muscles adapt in order to accommodate the stresses during resistance training. Overall I think your reviews were clear. They could just use a little supporting information.

How Stuff Works: Anything You Ever Wanted To Know About Anything <http://www.howstuffworks.com/>;

by Amber Myers

 HowStuffWorks is an exclusive online publisher that posted this website as a resource for millions of people seeking credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world works. This website encompasses a vast number of topics that are related to electronics, health, economics, science, and more.
 This website relates to human anatomy and physiology because it elucidates the physiology of muscle tissue which, depending on the type, is innervated by either visceral or somatic motor neurons that are part of the peripheral nervous system. Understanding the structure of skeletal muscles and how they function is fundamental to understanding the adaptions they make in order to accommodate the stresses exerted on them when stimulated by resistance training.
 One of the things I liked about this website it contained many diagrams, including one that showed the animation of action potentials traveling down the t-tubules of muscle cells and causing the sarcoplasmic reticulum to release calcium. I also thought the website’s search engine was very convenient for navigating a vast amount of information. Although the website presented some information about resistance training, it did not explain the difference between concentric and eccentric contraction. In addition, the website did not provide any background information about the authors of articles in the website other than their names and very broad credentials.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/muscle3.htm
http://health.howstuffworks.com/sports-physiology15.htm

Brianmac Sports Coach: An Educational Guide for Coaches and Athletes
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/

by Amber Myers
 
 Brian Mackenzie is a former athlete and coach who posted this website in order to provide training and coaching advice for athletes, coaches, and students studying sport related qualifications. His website encompasses just about anything that is related to athletic training, including flexibility, strength, endurance, overload principle, recovery, and much more.
        This website is related to anatomy and physiology because it briefly talks about smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle. Secondly, the website further explains the difference between type I., type II. A, and type II. B skeletal muscle fibers. In addition, the website elucidates how skeletal muscle fibers contract when they are stimulated by action potentials of somatic motor neurons. Fourthly, the website talks about the myogenic and neurogenic changes that occur within muscle fibers when they are stimulated by resistance training for a substantial period of time. Finally, the website even talks a little about stretch reflexes and inverse stretch reflexes.
 One of the things I did not like about the website was that it did not have any diagrams that illustrated its content. In addition, the website would have been better if the author of this website had more credentials. Although he has had many years of experience as a competitive athlete and coach, he has not had any formal education about exercise science. However, I liked the website because it still appeared to be accurate according to my anatomy book. I also liked the website because it was fairly easy to navigate and the content was very easy to understand.

Amber,
interesting topic and websites. I think you could choose just one article from the Sports Coach as a minor website to review. Your others are encyclopedia like articles--how stuff works, wikipedia. the UNM page is a list of articles--do they have an info page on strength trainig. I guess you could do the how stuff works as a major webiste since it does have a lot of background info...is there a big institution or government agency that posts info on strengthh training? the u.S. Olympic committee...or someone like that?

Your peer reviews seemed a bit rushed,
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Choose topic: 10 points
Find four websites: 20 points
Peer reviews: 8 points

#1. This website was very nicely designed. It was easily navigated and presented a lot of useful information. Also it had other articles that you could click on and read about. It was straightforward and easy to read! On the other hand the topic was strength training and I really didn’t read anything about strength training on there.
#2. This was a good website and it explained a lot about different sorts of training. It was a great deal of good information and I am truly amazed about how much thought and effort one really has to give when it comes to strength training.
#3. Wikipedia is always an excellent source of information and it contained a great deal of information on anaerobic exercise. The only bad thing about it is that the information doesn’t site any references which I suppose could be a problem in the future.
#4. Oh my gosh! What a ton of information all in one bundle. It works though! I found this information interesting and worthwhile to read.

http://health.howstuffworks.com/muscle.htm Interesting site. Gives a basic foundation of muscles and how they work. Perhaps they could have had some more diagrams but for the purpose of strength training their content was certainly sufficient.


http://www.brianmac.co.uk/ Certainly an interesting site for anyone looking to train themselves or others. No real technical information was offered but they are trying to sell it to you. I guess that would be the only downfall of this site.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaerobic_exercise This was a pretty interesting site to read. The obvious downfall would be the banners at the top of the page proclaiming that the infromation may be in question.

http://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Pages/articles.html This was an awesome site. All of the information was presented well and clearly. Also the site is easily understood by the lay person. I didn't have a criticism of the site.

Strength Training-Topic 2
How Stuff Works Like-Good all around site on muscles; I thought that it was a “fun” site while providing a great deal of information. Dislike-Perhaps additional discussion on anatomy and physiology would give the site more substance?

Sport’s Coach Like-This site is fun to read; provides a great deal of information for the individual who is involved in physical fitness training. Dislike-I don’t believe that this site really pertains to our study of anatomy and physiology.

Anaerobic exercise Like-Again, this site was fun to read, and gives some interesting information for those interested in physical fitness. Dislike-The site is not backed up by fact, and I would rather go to a site that is endorsed by experts in the field.

Articles by Kravitz Like-A good source of information linking to interesting articles regarding fitness. Dislike-I don’t believe that this site pertains to our study of anatomy and physiology and the “outer tube”.

-The HowStuffWorks page on muscles was an excellent start to learning about how muscles work for both the public and even for students.

-The http://www.brianmac.co.uk website has almost nothing to do with anatomy and physiology. Apparently meant for sports coaches, the site gives very little scientifically-based medical information.

-Although giving (what seems to be) good knowledge, Wikipedia is not considered a reliable source. This article, in particular, has two tags on it, both refering to a lack of verified information.

-The http://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Pages/articles.html website is awesome, containing a large enough wealth of information to keep one's self busy for a long time.

I thought this first website had a lot of information and links related to other topics. Education on muscle make-up and movement is related to strength training but this article wasn't necessarily about strength training. It was still very informative however.

I found the second website really interesting. It contained a lot of material on different types of strength training and other related articles. It would have been absolutely excellent if it had some diagrams though.

I thought the third website was also very interesting. Again, I would have loved to see some pictures.

The fourth website had tons of great information also. And I know I'm sounding like a broken record, but pictures or diagrams would have made this an even better website. But I still thought it was great.

How Muscles Work http://health.howstuffworks.com/muscle.htm I thought this was a very good website that introduced how muscles work and explained the skeletal muscle basics and muscle contraction. HowStuffWorks is an exclusive online publisher that posted this website, and I believe they did it for the common good of the public/consumers.

Sports Coach http://www.brianmac.co.uk This website established a decent understanding of the effect of strength training on muscles. It also described the different kinds of strength. Sports Coach provides information on the many topics related to developing athletic ability and coaching expertise to help fitness enthusiasts, athletes and coaches achieve their athletic goals and to assist students studying sport related qualifications.

Wikipedia: The Free Encylopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaerobic_exercise This web site primarily talks about the metabolism of glucose during anaerobic exercise(weight lifting) and how ATP is synthesized to provide muscle cells the energy they need to perform. I believe Wikipedia was established in an effort to create and distribute a multilingual free encyclopedia to every person with internet access in the world.

The University of New Mexico http://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Pages/articles.html This website contains a large list of articles that are relavent to exercise science. How muscles grow, body adaptions to resistance training, effects of anaerobic exercise on muscles, etc. are all topics that are explained by some of these articles. Dr. Len Kravitz is the author of many of these articles, and I’m not sure why he did. My only guess is that he did it to boast his incredible knowledge about exercise science.

I chose the topic of strength training because I plan to major in exercise science. It is related to our A&P course this semester because it involves using muscles which are triggered by the nervous system and relates to how muscles work.