Title: Differentiate between acute and chronic adaptations to exercise.
Course: Sports Medicine/Athletic Training II (Condensed) (14062-IIA) > Section: Understanding Exercise Physiology

Differentiation should include the specifics of each individual adaptation to exercise, both acute and chronic, and draw distinctions between the two.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are acute adaptations to exercise?
- What are chronic adaptations to exercise?
- How are acute and chronic adaptations achieved?

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Chapter 13 Resistance Training Concepts

- Describe the stages of the general adaptation syndrome.
- Define and describe the principle of adaptation and specificity.
- Define stability, muscular endurance, muscular hypertrophy, strength, and power.
- List and define the various stages of strength and training systems.

Chapter 8 Cardiorespiratory Fitness Training

- Define and describe the components associated with cardiorespiratory training.
- Describe how various physiologic systems respond and adapt to cardiorespiratory training.
- Describe the health-related benefits associated with cardiorespiratory fitness.
- Describe current guidelines and recommendations for prescribing safe and effective cardiorespiratory exercise to apparently healthy individuals.
- Describe how to design and implement cardiorespiratory training programs to a variety of clients using an individualized approach.
- Instruct clients on how to perform safe and effective cardiorespiratory exercise.