LONG TERM EFFECTS OF TRAINING

• Adaptions to the lungs

- improve effeciency and strength of respiritory system

- increase proportion of alveoli (air sacks that diffuse O2 into capillaries)

- increase capillaries

• Adaptions to bones & joints

- exercse stimulates deposition of calcium which makes bones stronger (bone density)

- tendons and ligaments increase in strength and flexibility.

• Improvements to sporting performance 

- higher VO2 max

-work aerobically for longer which raises aerobic…