[PDF] Cardiovascular Responses to Exercise

What are the principles of specificity training adaptations?

2. Principle of Specificity Training adaptations for an individual will occur specifically to the muscle groups trained, the intensity of the exercise, the metabolic demands of the exercise, and/or specific movements and activities.

How can we promote physical activity?

Efforts to promote physical activity must consider how people interact with their environment. Provision of exercise facilities and area in communities, schools and workplaces could mean a lot to the sustainability of physical activity programs.

How much exercise is required to maintain cardiorespiratory fitness?

However, light physical activity such as walking is fine. The amount of exercise required to maintain cardiorespiratory fitness calls for a training session approximately every 48 hours for 20 to 30 minutes in the appropriate target heart rate. Recovery heart rate is related to fitness level.

What policies are being implemented to promote physical activity?

At the national level, there are several policies that have been passed and are being implemented to promote physical activity. Executive Order No. 14 in 2001 mandated the conduct of a one-hour, bi-weekly physical fitness program called “Hataw Na: The Taebo Challenge.”