The goal of this study is to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying the dive response, specifically, to study a signaling pathway that
coordinates local blood flow.
This contributes to the growing literature that suggests that capillaries are not simply passive tubes through which blood cells flow to irrigate tissue, but rather they may actively contribute to the control
of local blood flow directly.
When you train a certain muscle group, your body increases the blood flow to that area in order to fuel the activity, and this increase
in local blood flow is accompanied by a lymphatic fluid accumulation.
Without getting into too much detail about hemodynamics, it makes sense that tight compression gear may
enhance local blood flow and improve oxygen delivery, and additionally, may enhance arterial blood flow, which in turn will facilitate more efficient clearing of metabolites, the aforementioned H + buffering, and distribution of nutrients.
Giant sets are a brutal but extremely effective way to induce maximal metabolic stress,
increase local blood flow to active tissues and thereby create a massive pump, and ultimately, create a unique stress to muscle tissues, with the end result being unprecedented muscle growth.