What is a short-term effect of anaerobic training?

The short-term effect of anaerobic training is increased strength and power output in muscles. This type of training, which includes activities like weightlifting and sprinting, focuses on short bursts of intense activity that predominantly rely on energy sources stored in the muscles, rather than oxygen. As a result, this leads to significant improvements in muscle strength and the ability to produce power quickly.

Anaerobic training stimulates muscle fiber recruitment and encourages adaptations in the muscle, including hypertrophy (increase in muscle size) and neuromuscular improvements that ultimately enhance performance in strength and power-related activities. These benefits can often be observed within a relatively short timeframe after beginning an anaerobic training program.

While decreased body fat may occur as a longer-term result of increasing muscle mass or overall fitness, and enhanced flexibility or improved lung capacity may result from different forms of training (such as aerobic exercise), they are not primary short-term effects of anaerobic training.