Physical Adaptations to Training
What are acute physiological responses?
An acute physiological response refers to an immediate response of one or more of the bodies systems to exercise, such as the heart rate increasing as a gym member sits on the bike and starts their warm up.
What are chronic physiological adaptations?
A chronic adaptation refers to the long term affects on one or more of the bodies systems as a person sustains their exercise habit.
Chronic adaptations are essentially the benefits a client receives over the long term if they 'stick to it'.
An example of this is an increase in muscle mass and a reduction in fat mass as long term adaptations to resistance exercise.
When challenged with any physical task, the human body responds through a series of integrated changes in function that involve most, if not all, of its physiologic systems.