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Review
. 1984 Apr;56(4):831-8.
doi: 10.1152/jappl.1984.56.4.831.

Adaptations of skeletal muscle to endurance exercise and their metabolic consequences

J O Holloszy, E F Coyle
Review

Adaptations of skeletal muscle to endurance exercise and their metabolic consequences

J O Holloszy et al. J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol. 1984 Apr.

Abstract

Regularly performed endurance exercise induces major adaptations in skeletal muscle. These include increases in the mitochondrial content and respiratory capacity of the muscle fibers. As a consequence of the increase in mitochondria, exercise of the same intensity results in a disturbance in homeostasis that is smaller in trained than in untrained muscles. The major metabolic consequences of the adaptations of muscle to endurance exercise are a slower utilization of muscle glycogen and blood glucose, a greater reliance on fat oxidation, and less lactate production during exercise of a given intensity. These adaptations play an important role in the large increase in the ability to perform prolonged strenuous exercise that occurs in response to endurance exercise training.

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