The heart rate and ventilatory responses to a fixed submaximal work rate are lower (i.e., lower heart rate and lower minute ventilation) following an endurance training program. This training-induced adaptation is primarily due to changes in the

A. central nervous system.
B. AV node.
C. trained skeletal muscles.
D. spinal cord.


Answer: C

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