SUNY College at Cortland Physiological Adaptations to Exercise Worksheet

1. Connective tissue adaptations
   1. tendon
   2. ligaments
   3. bone

III. Nervous System

1. Neuromuscular adaptations
   • Motor unit recruitment
   • Early strength gains
   • Size Principle
   • Principle of Orderly Recruitment

IV. Endocrine System

1. Metabolic adaptations to training (select aerobic or anaerobic)
   1. Lactate Threshold
   2. Respiratory exchange ratio
   3. Oxygen Consumption (at rest, at max O2)
   4. VO2 max
2. Hormonal response to training (Primary hormones involved with exercise)

V. Cardiovascular System

1. Cardiovascular adaptations
   • HR,
   • Cardiac Output,
   • stroke volume,
   • BP
2. structural changes to the heart

VI. Respiratory System

1. Respiratory adaptations
   1. Pulmonary Ventilation
   2. Pulmonary Diffusion
   3. Arterial-Venous O2 difference
   4. RER

VII. Age/Sex Considerations in sport and Exercise

• Do males/ Females respond and adapt similarly to exercise (physiological distinctions between men and women)- explain
• What type of differences or changes occur in the young vs old- changes we should see with aging

VIII. Overtraining/Detraining

1. Causes
2. signs and symptoms
3. effects

Please complete each part briefly exaplaing everything in general to exercise and relate it back to the anaerobic exercise weightlifting.

Please provide a work cited page with links as well thank you!