Chapter 1 Introduction
the whole-body response to exercise
The basic pattern of cardiovascular response to acute exercise is straightforward. It is centred on the principle that the cardiovascular system fulfils three primary functions: to deliver nutrients and oxygen to cells of the body’s tissues, to remove metabolites from the same sites and to regulate heat exchange between body and environment so as to maintain a stable core temperature. It is self-evident that increased metabolic activity in skeletal muscles must require increased local blood flow and that this metabolic activity must produce heat that needs to be dissipated.
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