Physical Education A-Level
Responses to exercise intensity and recovery
What Responses to exercise intensity and recovery means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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During exercise, increased recruitment and firing rate raise force production as intensity rises; during recovery, recruitment and firing rate decrease and the systems return toward resting levels.
Topics that use Responses to exercise intensity and recovery
- Neuromuscular system (AQA A-Level)
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