People Who Have Done a Lot of Endurance Training Can

question 53

Multiple Choice

People who have done a lot of endurance training can have a resting heart rate of 50 beats per minute compared to the normal resting heart rate of 70 -80 beats per minute. This decreased heart rate in trained individuals is the partly result of

• A) endorphins released from the brain which have an inhibitory effect on heart rate.
• B) sympathetic activity becoming more active and parasympathetic activity becoming less active at rest.
• C) decreases in both sympathetic and parasympathetic activity.
• D) increases in both sympathetic and parasympathetic activity.
• E) parasympathetic activity becoming more active and sympathetic activity becoming less active at rest.

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