Key Definitions
Immediate: 0-2 minutes after exercise.
Immediate effects of exercise
Your heart rate will increase as your
heart works harder to deliver oxygen to
the working muscles.
You will breathe more deeply and more
frequently.
You will feel hotter as your body
temperature increases.
You will sweat and your skin will
redden. This is as part of your body’s
temperature controlling system.
Key Questions: 1. List 3 immediate effects of exercise. 2. List 3 short term effects of exercise. 3. List 3 long term effects of exercise. 4. In which term would you experience DOMS?
5. Can you explain what DOMS is? 6. How is hypertrophy linked to effects of exercise? 7. How long does each time period represent? 8. How is fatigue linked to the effects of exercise?
Short Term effects of exercise
You may feel light headed
You may feel nauseous
You will feel very tired and fatigued.
You may experience DOMS if you
exercise intensity was high.
Your muscles will ache.
You may experience muscle cramps.
Short term: 24-36 hours after exercise.
Long term: Months and years of training
Hypertrophy: the enlargement of an
organ or tissue caused by the increase in
Long Term effects of exercise the size of its cells. Hypertrophy is caused
by training.
Your body will change shape as exercise Fatigue: physical fatigue is a feeling of
helps to keep weight down. severe tiredness due to a build up of lactic
acid in the muscles or working for a long
period of time.
Your resting heart rate will become DOMS: Delayed onset of muscular
lower as your heart becomes more soreness.
efficient.
Year 7 Recap:
Your stamina will improve.
Warm up (4 stages)
1. Pulse raising activity
Your heart will increase in size “cardiac 2. Stretching
hypertrophy”. Your heart is able to 3. Skills practice
deliver more blood, and therefore more 4. Mental preparation
oxygen, to the working muscles. Cool down: (2 stages)
Your muscles will increase in size and 1. Pulse lowering activity
produce greater strength 2. Stretching
(hypertrophy). Key terms:
Heart rate: the number of times
You will see improvements in the your heart beats per minute
specific components of fitness you Lactic acid: a mild poison and
train. waste product of strenuous
exercise.