Training Adaptations

I was talking with one of my athletes yesterday and we were discussing goals for the rest of the season and into 2010. He asked me a really good questions "what 'adaptations' do you keep referring to when you say 'physiological' adaptations?"

That being said, here is a quick list of the adaptations that occur with training:

Neural
• Change in muscle recruitment patterns

Hormonal
• Increasing sensitivity both at secretion level and tissue level

Muscular
• Hypertrophy, muscle fiber type

Psychological
• Down-regulated perception of effort

Metabolic
a. Increased glycogenesis (the process of glycogen synthesis in which glucose molecules
are added to chains of glycogen for storage. This process is activated during rest periods
following the Cori cycle, in the liver, and also activated by insulin in response to high
glucose levels, for example after a carbohydrate containing meal)
b. Better substrate maintenance
c. Increased fat metabolism
d. Increased insulin sensitivity (increased glucogen synthesis)
The net result of metabolic adaptations is a more efficient system.


Cardiovascular (CV)
a. Enhanced Stroke Volume (due to increased venous return and forceful contraction)
b. Increased vascularization
c. Better peripheral control
d. Increased blood volume
e. Cardiac hypertrophy
f. Decreased HR
The net result of CV adaptations is the increased ability to move blood through the body to the muscles that need it during exercise while putting less stress on the heart.

Pilot Study 1 Details

1JUN2009
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thanks you for all the interest in taking part in this pilot study. I've posted a jpeg of the requirements to take part in the study. If you have any questions, please contact me at:
Ryan@BreakThroughMultisport.com

Thanks again,
Ryan