Physiologically Indicators

Definition
Physiological parameters, such as heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature,
serum levels of various stress hormones (e.g. cortisol) and immunological functions
(e.g. suppression of lymphocyte activity) can be used to assess
welfare. Measurement of many of these parameters requires invasive monitoring te

Description
Physiological indicators of fitness present a measure of an organism’s response to a
changing environment. An analysis of how these organisms allocate and store their
energy resources provides an understanding of how they cope with such
environmental changes. Each individual has to balance the investment necessary to
acquire a certain resource with the energy gained by it. This trade-off can be monitored by
measuring several physiological indicators of fitness such as energy storage components,
metabolic state or RNA/DNA ratio.

Cause and Effect

From a physiological point of view, a mental load, whatever that is, must be
assumed to be a load on processes within the central nervous system (CNS). A
load on this CNS could affect the activity of the CNS machinery, the energy
requirements and metabolism of that machinery, their wear and tear, and therefore,
the restitution of the machinery. Since the CNS exists within a body, there are
possibilities that the effects on the CNS may also affect other bodily processes than
those strictly concerned with information processing in the CNS.

Advantage and disadvantage

Sweating:
It's your body getting rid of heat via the evaporation of sweat. This prevents undue
rise in body temperature (safety mechanism)
Increase heart rate (pulse):
during activity there is an increased need for fuel (oxygen) so the heart works harder
to pump blood at a faster rate
Increase breathing:
during activity your muscles need more fuel (oxygen) so your lungs work harder to
get the oxygen out
Increase body temperature:
during muscular work (activity) excess heat is produced
Red face:
during muscular work (activity) there is an increase blood flow to the skin.

Historical allusion
The study of human physiology as a medical field originates in classical Greece, at
the time of Hippocrates (late 5th century BC).[14]Outside of Western tradition, early
forms of physiology or anatomy can be reconstructed as having been present at
around the same time in China,[15] India[16] and elsewhere.

Story telling.
Ramana, a former international volleyball player, said that Sindhu’s improved fitness regimen was
key to the way she pulled off high-intensity performances over the five days of the championship in
Basel.

“Her morning pulse rate is 38 (beats per minute) and below,” Ramana said.

Ramana is referring to what is commonly known as Resting Heart Rate (RHR), an excellent
indicator of a person’s heart capacity. The average person’s RHR range is between 60 and 100.
An RHR of below 40 is generally the domain of extraordinary endurance athletes—the Spanish
cyclist Miguel Indurain had a recorded RHR of 28bpm.

“This means that Sindhu has the ability to recover quickly from hard workouts. Both the qualities
attributed to her success in Basel,” Ramana said.

Look no further than her gruelling, one hour 11 minute quarter-final; she won that, and came back
the next day looking as fresh for the semi-final as if it was her first match in the tournament.

These physiological gifts, to varying degrees, are genetic.

“When we were preparing for the 1986 Seoul Asian Games the Russian coach overseeing the
training wouldn’t believe that my resting heart rate was below 38,” Ramana said. “So one day the
coach himself came to my room to check my pulse rate and was surprised.”