Effects Of Exercise

Question 1

What are the short term muscular effects of exercise (give an example)

Answer 1

Your muscle fibres become more elastic (less likely to break), for example stretching in a warm up in gymnastics to increase flexibility

Question 2

What are the short term cardiovascular effects of exercise (give an example)

Answer 2

Heart rate increases, (eg feeling nervous about your performance before a netball game)

Pain in muscles (unable to complete exercise), for example swimmers getting cramp during a 100m freestyle

Question 3

What are the short term respiratory effects of exercise (give an example)

Answer 3

Increased temp of respiratory muscles, for example becoming out of breath when running down the pitch in lacrosse)

Vascular shunt mechanism distributes more blood to muscles than organs, for example more blood going to your quadriceps and hamstrings than your liver in a 3km cross country race

Question 4

What is the long term effect of exercise on bones?

Answer 4

Increased bone density

Question 5

What is the long term effect of exercise on muscles?

Answer 5

Hypertrophy