Adaptations to Exercise

Every individual responds somewhat differently to exercise. The key factors in training adaptations are health, fitness, and performance. Health, fitness, and performance require varying levels of commitment to physical activity. However, the more physically active one becomes, the greater the increase in health, fitness, and performance. Although a de-conditioned individual can often achieve his or her peak potential health improvements in a relatively short period of time, it often takes much longer to achieve desired fitness and performance results. This is one of the reasons why individuals often drop out of exercise programs, because they do not see the visible fitness results as fast as they would like.