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A focused training program can increase VO2max (maximum oxygen intake) by 15 to 30% over a 3 month period and up to 50% over 2 years. And conversely, there is a rapid drop off in metabolic adaptations with in a few weeks of stopping training although changes in numbers of muscle capillaries and skeletal and cardiac muscle fibre size probably occur more slowly. Metabolic adaptations include changes in lactic acid removal which contribute to the ability to perform exercise at a higher level of %VO2max for longer periods of time, and changes in lipid metabolism which provide extra Calories from fat (to supplement those from pure glycogen and glucose metabolism) at a specified level of activity (%VO2max) which supports a longer duration of exercise to fatigue. Training also results in physical changes in the muscles that improve your tolerance for the stresses of prolonged exertion. These include a change in...

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