Physiological and Psychological Adaptations to Exercise
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Adaptations Produced by Exercise
Adaptations, or supercompensations, represent the changes occurring within the systems of the human body.
Physiological Level
Effects of Resistance Training
- Increase in size and capacity of the heart.
- Increased circulation levels.
- Increase in red blood cells and hemoglobin.
- Increase in the amount of myoglobin in muscle.
- Promotes venous return.
- Increase in the number of mitochondria in muscle.
All these factors increase the capacity for oxygen transport and delivery to the muscles, allowing the individual to fatigue less and recover faster.
- Decrease in heart rate (HR) at baseline, resting HR, and HR during effort.
- Increase in inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength.
- Pulmonary alveoli stretch more, increasing the surrounding