Supplement abstract 18. The physiological responses of healthy, untrained 10 year-old and adult females to an eight week aerobic training program were examined. In children peak VO 2 did not change but peak HR did. Improved aerobic functioning was only exhibited in young girls at submaximal intensities. Female children respond to aerobic training in a different manner to adult females in both heavy and submaximal work.
Children only exhibit physiological changes at submaximal levels.
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