The Systems

The Systems#

The adaptations page names mechanisms and moves on. This part explains them properly, organised by the four systems used to classify each adaptation: neural, muscular, connective and cardiovascular.

Read these when a term in Part One raised a question rather than answered one. Nothing here is a prerequisite.

• Neural

  Motor units, recruitment, rate coding and how the nervous system learns movement.

• Muscular

  Fibre types, contraction, energy systems and the mechanisms of growth.

• Connective

  Tendon, ligament, fascia and bone - the slowest tissues to adapt.

• Cardiovascular

  The oxygen cascade from heart to mitochondria, and what limits it.