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Energy system

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In sports & fitness, energy system means: A body process that supplies energy for movement, with different systems contributing more during short, intense, or long efforts.

In Turkish: enerji sistemi

How it is used

Used in sports science, conditioning, and coaching. It helps explain why training changes across sprinting, repeated efforts, and endurance work.

Example sentences

  1. The performance analyst explained that the drill stressed a different energy system than race-pace intervals, so recovery times had to change.

    Here, the term identifies the physiological pathway most involved in producing effort, which affects rest and workout design.

  2. In the seminar, the coach compared each energy system to a tool, showing why a marathoner and a sprinter train so differently.

    In this sentence, energy system is used as a teaching concept for understanding sport-specific demands across events.

Common collocations

  • dominant energy system
  • energy system training
  • energy system demand
  • enduranceThe ability to keep up physical effort for a long time without tiring, important in sports like running, cycling, swimming and rowing.
  • aerobicDescribes exercise or energy production that uses oxygen, usually steady activity you can keep up for a long time, like jogging or cycling.

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