Exercise Physiology: Theory and Application to Fitness and Performance 9th Edition by Scott Powers, Edward Howley

Exercise 15

Discuss how changes in “central command” and “peripheral feedback” following an endurance training program can lower the heart rate, ventilation, and catecholamine responses to a submaximal exercise bout.

Step 1 of 3

Endurance trained individuals show lower heart rate and ventilator response than the normal individuals at submaximal exercise. This is due to the fact that control of heart rate and ventilation during exercise is influenced by both central and peripheral neural systems. The cardiovascular output and respiratory control centers are controlled by neural input from higher brain centers.