How endurance training changes running physiology

Exercise physiology is the study of how the body responds to physical exercise in the short term and adapts to it over time. These lessons answer how endurance training changes running, helping readers understand the body's responses and adaptations that shape running performance. The path follows themes of training, energy use, cooling, and muscle function.

2 articles, 1 video, 1 book · about 59 min of reading and viewing

The reading path

1. Read
   

   exercise physiology · Wikipedia · 31 min read

   Exercise-induced dehydration, which develops during exercise, reduces aerobic endurance performance and increases body temperature, heart rate, perceived exertion, and possibly reliance on carbohydrate as a fuel source. In exercise physiology, humans cool themselves during exercise through specialized thermoregulation based on sweat evaporation. One gram of sweat can remove 2,598 J of heat energy. Active skeletal muscle is only 22 to 26% efficient: during continuous activity, about 24 W of mechanical energy comes with about 76 W of heat.

2. Read
   

   Aerobic exercise cognitive fitness - Harvard Health · Harvard Health Blog · 2 min read

   Aerobic exercise guidelines recommend 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity, 75 minutes of vigorous activity, or an equivalent combination each week. They also recommend muscle-strengthening activities involving all major muscle groups on two or more days a week.

3. Watch
   

   Exercise Science Presentation 2014, Part II · YouTube · 26 min watch

   Dr Jonathon Sullivan presents part two of a four-part talk on exercise science, covering how a coaches' association selects peer-reviewed material to read.

4. Book
   

   Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen · Bookshop.org

   Born to Run by Christopher McDougall describes the Tarahumara's techniques for running hundreds of miles without rest, and their uncanny health and serenity.

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