2.4 Muscular Adaptations To Resistance Training

Question 1

Research suggests excessive hypertrophy usually leads to:

Answer 1

Slower muscle recovery after exercise

Question 2

Long term resistance training causes a change in muscle pennation angles. Which of the following does it cause?

Answer 2

An increase in muscle pennation angles

Question 3

Chronic strength training does not elicit a shift from Type I to Type II fibers, instead research suggests it promotes an increase in proportion of Type IIa fibers – at the expense of which type of fiber?

Answer 3

Type IIx

Question 4

Hypertrophy explains

Answer 4

An increase in the cross sectional area of muscle fibers in a muscle tissue.

Question 5

Increases in the cross-sectional area of muscle following resistance training are predominantly attributed to:

Answer 5

Hypertrophy