Energy Pathways: Three Main Energy Pathway Systems

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Energy Systems
There are three main energy pathway systems through which the body accesses the energy needed to carryout various activities. One of the energy pathway systems is the phosphagen, which uses the creatine phosphate (CP). It happens to have a very rapid rate of ATP production. The CP is important to the reconstruction of ATP after it is broken down during the release of energy. There is not much of CP stored in the muscles and so it is limited in supply, however, it is instantaneously available on the onset of an activity. This is commonly used in activities such gymnastics and weight lifting. The other system is the anaerobic glycolysis, which does not require oxygen (Gagliardi, 2017). It can produce ATP rapidly for activities that require large amounts of energy over a relatively long period of an estimated three minutes (Gagliardi, 2017). This is a good source of energy during endurance activities before a steady state is established. This is commonly used when playing soccer or baseball (Nambiar, 2011). The last energy source system is the aerobic glycolysis. Thi...