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http://www.trainingdimensions.net/tdArticles/Newsletter/Feb_2017/The%20Exercise%20Paradox.pdf

Please find the article in the link above.

Q.1:

(i) The author claims that physically active people do not burn more calories than their less active counterparts. This suggests that at the cellular level, some changes have to occur in order to allow these 2 individuals to burn similar amounts of energy. Based on the glycolysis and cellular respiration concepts, what kind of adaptation do you think could be happening at the cellular level between these 2 individuals?

(ii) Similarly to question 3, based on the mechanisms of glycolysis and cellular respiration concepts, what kind of adaptation do you think could be happening at the organismal (physiological) level between these 2 individuals?

Explanation / Answer

i) At the cellular level, there are many adaptations but hypertrophy (in this, cell size increases) is a kind of adaptation happening in physically active people. It involves an increment in intracellular proteins or increase in size of an organ like heart etc.

ii) At the physiological level, some biochemical reactions work optimally in order to burn calories which affects directly to production of hornones, neuropeptides etc.

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