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What are the effects of exercise on the cardiovascular system why does the heart increase in size after regular exercise and why do you pump more blood around the body when you exercise?
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If I explain it in a way that you can associate it to yourself, it may help you understand how and why it happens. When you increase activity levels, like going for a jog, you need energy, right?
Without energy, your muscles cannot contract, and in order to get energy we have to eat. To make it simple, we eat, our body breaks down that food and converts it to energy so that our muscles can contract. But... our muscles also require oxygen to contract, so we have to breathe -- the energy and oxygen combined allow muscle contraction.
The oxygen we breathe in travels through our lungs where it combines with blood from the heart, and is carried to our muscles by red blood cells. (thats how the lungs are involved).
This is super simplified, but now you have the ingredients. Now look at it as though its your car -- you can only go so far on a tank of gas before you have to refuel. Well, as you exercise, you are burning "gas" (oxygen), and your lungs must work harder to get more oxygen to replace what you used, and because your lungs are taking in more oxygen (which is carried by red blood cells to muscles), you heart will work harder to move that oxygen to your muscles more quickly.
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Respiratory system exercise not only helps your lungs to hold more air, but it can keep you from becoming short of breath. Blood vessels surround the air sac in your lungs too.
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What strong cardiovascular system is developed through regular?
The answer would be exercise
How do you take care of the cardiovascular system?
Regular exercise, coupled with a balanced diet.
How do take care of the of cardiovascular system?
Regular exercise, coupled with a balanced diet.
What are the effects of exercise on the bones?
Not many. Regular resistance exercise and aerobic exercise can actually help to increase bone density, reducing the risk of fractures. As with any program of exercise, consult a physician before beginning.
Can regular exercise increase intelligence?
Intelligence is not affected by regular exercise, but focus and clarity may improve. Our minds work best when our bodies are healthy. Regular exercise definitely does not decrease intelligence!
What type of exercise has been shown to increase the ability to combat disease?
regular moderate exercise
What is the long term benefit of taking part in regular cardiovascular exercise?
A healthy heart, lungs, and good blood pressure.
How long does it take to notice improvement in your body shape when you first begin regular cardiovascular exercise from doing nothing?
You could start to notice a change in your body as early as the first week of cardiovascular exercise, or it could take as long as a month to notice results.
What is three ways of avoiding cardiovascular diseases?
1. Getting regular exercise 2. Eating a balanced diet 3. Not smoking
How do lifestyle changes treat pain?
Lifestyles can be changed to include a healthier diet and regular exercise . Regular exercise, aside from relieving stress, has been shown to increase endorphins.
Is there a fruit to remove wrinkles?
No. But a balanced diet and regular exercise may slow the effects of aging.
What happens to resting diastolic blood pressure as an adaptation to regular exercise?
Diastolic blood pressure is when the heart is refilling with blood after pumped oxygenated blood to the working muscles; this is the relaxation phase. An adaptation to regular cardiovascular exercise is an increase in the hearts efficiency in doing this. Therefore, as an adaptation to exercise, diastolic blood pressure either decreases slightly or doesn't change. This is because the heart has longer to refill the atrium so it isn't under as much pressure.
