Cardiovascular responses to exercise in sprinters and distance runners. It was found that sprinters and distance runners had different hemodynamic adjustments to exercise. Isometric exercise produced a greater blood pressure response in sprinters which was associated with an elevated heart rate response. During dynamic exercise at the same relative work rate, both groups had similar blood pressure values.
Individuals respond to exercise according to their capacities.
Sprinters should be expected to respond differently to distance athletes when given the same exercise stimulation. This fact undermines the value of expedient training programs where all athletes perform the same activities because a coach believes that all responses would be similar. Return to Table of Contents for this issue .