Long Term Effect Of Exercise On The Muscular System

Question 1

What happens as muscle hypertrophic occurs?

Answer 1

The muscles increase in size and strength due to regular resistance training.
As you train at high intensities your fast twitch muscle fibre Increases in size

Question 2

What happens as muscular strength increases?

Answer 2

As the muscles adapt to regular high intensity training, they become stronger.
This happens as the muscle fibres become thicker and can operate with more blood.

Question 3

What happens as muscular endurance increases ?

Answer 3

As the muscles adapt to regular endurance training they become able to work together for long periods of time.
Slow twitch muscle fibres associated with endurance activities can increase by up to 20%

Question 4

What happens as we increase resistance to fatigue ?

Answer 4

As the muscles adapt to regular training, they increase the amount of time they can work before fatiguing.
Muscles become stronger and can delay the onset of fatigue.