Impact of physical activity on the human body - the physiological basis of physical activity

Abstract

Physical activity, recreational sports as well as competitive sports effect the human body and cause uprising a physiological reaction of a body system. Changes that occur activity are mainly connected to the body homeostasis restoration. Observation of physiological reaction of body are very important tool that allows to analyze the preparation of the human body for carrying out activities. The large number of physiological changes have a short-term nature, but on the other hand some of them will last for a longer time effecting body’s functioning.The aim of this work was to show the basic physiological reactions of a human body as a easy tool for physical activity observation. Understanding of such reactions can be a useful tool in recreation and physical training.

Keywords

• physical activity
• physiology
• vo2max
• hormonal balance