Adaptations to Training Quiz

What is a neuromuscular adaptation to resistance training?

• Stroke volume

• Tidal volume

• Synchronisation of motor units

• Oxidative enzymes

What is a key muscular adaptation to anaerobic training?

• Myoglobin increase

• Fuel stores increase

• Pulmonary diffusion

• Blood volume increase

What is a neuromuscular adaptation to resistance training involving motor units?

• Firing rate of motor units

• Pulmonary ventilation

• Heart capillarisation

• Oxidative enzymes

What is the effect of acute responses on the body?

• They cause long-term changes

• They cause immediate changes

• They have no effect

• They cause permanent changes

What is the role of chronic adaptations in fitness?

• To decrease fitness levels

• To maintain current fitness levels

• To improve fitness levels over time

• To have no effect on fitness

Which of the following respiratory adaptations would occur after completing continuous training three times a week for 8 weeks?

• Increased ventilation at submaximal intensities

• Increased number & size of slow twitch fibres

• Increased AVO2 Difference

• Increased ventilatory efficiency

The mitochondria...

• Increases in size as a result of anaerobic training

• Is where aerobic respiration takes place

• Carries oxygen from the lungs to the muscle

• Is the component of red blood cells which carries oxygen

What functional change results from the increased size of the left ventricle?

• Increased blood volume in left ventricle

• Decreased blood volume in right ventricle

• Increased blood pressure in right atrium

• Decreased blood pressure in left atrium

Which of the following is an aerobic training method?

• Short/Medium Interval

• Resistance

• Continuous

• Plyometrics

What is the role of blood in the oxygen system?

• Transports waste

• Delivers oxygen and nutrients

• Produces hormones

• Stores energy