Energy Systems: 3 “Vehicles”
It all comes down to a thing called ATP. ATP is adenosine triphosphate, which means that the purine nucleoside adenosine is bonded with 3 (tri) phosphate groups. To produce energy in the muscles, the molecule is broken, leaving adenosine diphosphate (or ADP) and a free phosphate. The free phosphates are then “gathered up” by …
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