After a bout of resistance training, acute hormonal secretions provide all of the following information to the body EXCEPT

After a bout of resistance training, acute hormonal secretions provide all of the following information to the body EXCEPT

• A. amount of physiological stress
• B. metabolic demands of exercise
• C. type of physiological stress
• D. energy expended

Answer: (D)

Acute hormonal responses to resistance training convey how taxing the exercise is and what substrates the body needs to mobilize. The level and pattern of hormones reflect the magnitude of physiological stress and the metabolic demands being placed on the body, signaling tissues to release glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids as needed. They also help indicate the type of stress—such as whether the work is brief and very high-intensity or longer and more volume-driven—through characteristic hormonal patterns. However, the total energy expended during the bout is not directly reported by these hormonal signals; energy expenditure is determined by the actual work done and the body’s energy cost, which requires direct measurement or calculation rather than inference from hormone levels.

Acute hormonal responses to resistance training convey how taxing the exercise is and what substrates the body needs to mobilize. The level and pattern of hormones reflect the magnitude of physiological stress and the metabolic demands being placed on the body, signaling tissues to release glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids as needed. They also help indicate the type of stress—such as whether the work is brief and very high-intensity or longer and more volume-driven—through characteristic hormonal patterns. However, the total energy expended during the bout is not directly reported by these hormonal signals; energy expenditure is determined by the actual work done and the body’s energy cost, which requires direct measurement or calculation rather than inference from hormone levels.