Anger-Induced Energy Expenditure...

[GoalGetter]

I will preface this series of questions by warning all intelligent people who might try to reply that I KNOW this might be the stupidest question EVER to be asked in these forums. No need to tell me that, I already know.

I am just curious because I'm trying to find at least ONE positive thing to take from a rather unpleasant situation I was just in.

Let's just say that a neighbor (or maybe more than one since i know there are a few in cahoots) pissed me off to a point that I turned hot pink, lost all ability to speak rationally and was PHYSCALLY SHAKING (adrenaline!). Whilst enrobed in this shroud of anger, I ran down three flights of stairs, and sprinted a block, then sprinted back and ran up three flights of stairs. I did not do this for exercise to relieve stress or anger, but to find a neighbor who upset me, so that I could have it out with her. For those curious to know the tangential information, this attempted confrontation was thoroughly unsuccessful, and upon returning to my apartment, I wrote her an apology note and slipped it under her door.

Anyway, I digress...

I was just wondering, and here's where I get possibly stupid: In a situation like this, where I was so angry I was physically shaking and the adrenaline had me sprinting like an elite marathoner, what kind of effects might be occurring in the body in terms of the metabolic rate, calories burned, energy sources used, etc?

Again, this is a question for the "intelligent" types who might find it amusing to discuss such a topic. For all I know there might be studies written on this sort of thing.

Anyone? Bueller?

 

[kicka19]

i love that feeling, nothing is better than a pure emotion

 

[ReelBigFish]

Oh I love the feeling, but the problem I see w/ it is, you could easily over do it, and give your self a heart attack, literally.

 

[ASSPUNCTURE]

haha goalgetter youre a total psycho


thats called enviromental and emotional stress...thats just impaires growth, healing, and will flat out shorten your life


that said....you gotta love being a type A

passive people may live longer but with less success and excitment!

 

[The Monkey Man]

Yeah, I can't imagine your blood pressure was too low during that...

But the sprinting probably at least got the rest of your body up to speed with your heart and mind...

I don't know if that had any form of physical pressure relief working muscles
absorbing the levels of hormones, pressure, ETC...
(Otherwise you may have blown a gasket or something)

 

[GoalGetter]

Hahahahahahaha!

I'm ok now.

Man that was a close one.

 

[Emma-Leigh]

In a situation like this, where I was so angry I was physically shaking and the adrenaline had me sprinting like an elite marathoner, what kind of effects might be occurring in the body in terms of the metabolic rate, calories burned, energy sources used, etc?

Adrenaline = increase in metabolic rate due to an increased sympathetic tone..

It will mainly act via increasing instant energy in the blood for your Fight or flight response = primarily glucose response!! (you need energy to run fast)!! So it:
increase HR and force (so you can pump more blood)
increase the diameter of your airways (so you can get in more oxygen)
increase blood pumping to your, muscles, brain and heart (so you can run away! )
decrease blood to your intestines (= sinking feeling in your stomach)
increase muscle glycogen degradation (both activates the breakdown and prevents the synthesis) (it increases liver glycogen degredation too)
increases sweating
but it also increases fatty acid release from fat cells (if the stress is great enough then you get a great release of fat from your alpha receptor fat on your butt and thighs! )

However, you would have also then had a release of cortisol as well... Which is more of a 'long term solution' to the stress... So it is somewhat similar in that it releases energy - but via:
Increase fatty acid release from fat cells
increases amino acid release from muscle cells
stimulates the formation of glucose

....

 

[The Monkey Man]

Adrenaline = increase in metabolic rate due to an increased sympathetic tone..

It will mainly act via increasing instant energy in the blood for your Fight or flight response = primarily glucose response!! (you need energy to run fast)!! So it:
increase HR and force (so you can pump more blood)
increase the diameter of your airways (so you can get in more oxygen)
increase blood pumping to your, muscles, brain and heart (so you can run away! )
decrease blood to your intestines (= sinking feeling in your stomach)
increase muscle glycogen degradation (both activates the breakdown and prevents the synthesis) (it increases liver glycogen degredation too)
increases sweating
but it also increases fatty acid release from fat cells (if the stress is great enough then you get a great release of fat from your alpha receptor fat on your butt and thighs! )

However, you would have also then had a release of cortisol as well... Which is more of a 'long term solution' to the stress... So it is somewhat similar in that it releases energy - but via:
Increase fatty acid release from fat cells
increases amino acid release from muscle cells
stimulates the formation of glucose

....

Huh?

(In English, mate!) -

 

[maxpro2]

Goal I know exactly where you are coming from. While at the university gym a few years back, my ex-gf started beef with me -while- I was doing HIIT on the elliptical... I could feel myself ready to explode, and when I actually did the heart rate monitor it was ridiculously high.