Long-term Effects Of Exercise Flashcards
What are the five things that increase exercise causes?
- reduces weight of body
- hypertrophy
- improve components of fitness
- heart size increases
- bradycardia
Why is loosing weight a long term effect of exercise?
Because fat stores are used to supply the glucose the body needs for energy
What is hypertrophy?
The increase in size of an organ or tissue due to long term exercise
What does hypertrophy cause?
A change in body shape
Why is there an improvement in the components of fitness?
Depending on the type of exercise undertaken, certain components of fitness will be improved
What does increase in heart size cause?
This means that the heart is able to contract with greater force and pump out more blood with each beat, this mean stroke volume increases
What is bradycardia?
Lowered resting heart rate
Why does bradycardia occur?
Because stroke volume increases heart rate must decrease to keep cardiac output the same
