Personal Narrative: Improving My Aerobic System

Firstly the biophysical strengths that came from the application of the continuous method to my training program are as followed. The most obvious strength that came from this method of training is the enhancement of my aerobic energy system. Improving my aerobic system happened from the direct interrelationship it has from my physiological adaptations. During continuous training oxygen needs to supplied to muscles to avoid the build up of Lactic acid that would happen without the presence of oxygen. This aerobic process delivers oxygen to the muscles to break down fats, carbohydrates and proteins this produces the molecule ATP which is used as the main energy source, that allows my body enough fuel to be able to preform a continuous run such …show more content…
I could tell that my body had undergone some of these physiological adaptations because my RPE had gone down from a 6 to a 5 on the same type of run from week 1 to week 4, meaning that my heart rate had also gone down for the same amount of work (122bpm --> 102bpm). I would also expect to see a decrease in my resting heart rate from before to after, but unfortunately I did not take my resting heart rate before I started my program but I would expect it to be higher than my current resting heart rate of 68 beats per minute. I think that applying the principle of specificity to my continuous training was also a strength for the Mud Sweat and Tears event, for it work the same energy system (aerobic) as I would using in Mud Sweat and Tears this meant that I would be developing this energy system for the time and intensity I needed it. Above shows the strengths and interrelationships between continuous training, the aerobic energy system, cardio-respiratory and the principle of training specificity and how they developed me as a runner to perform as well as I could in the Mud Sweat and Tears