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Triathlon · Level 7

Upper-Advanced

5 sub-levels · 50 tests · 500 facts · updated 12 October 2026

Level 7 goes inside the sports science: the mechanisms of training adaptation, injury and tissue healing, recovery and sleep, female athlete physiology, and ageing and masters physiology.

Sub-levels

Sub-level 7.1Mechanisms of Training AdaptationWhat training changes inside the body: cardiac output and stroke volume, cardiovascular drift, blood volume and haemoglobin mass, iron metabolism, mitochondria and capillaries, fibre types, fuel use, the interference…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 7.2Injury Science and Tissue HealingHow tissues heal and fail: soft-tissue healing phases, bone remodelling and bone stress injuries, tendon structure and loading treatments, muscle strains and cramps, the load-capacity model and workload ratios, pain…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 7.3Recovery and Sleep ScienceThe science behind recovery: sleep architecture and sleep loss, cold water and what it does to adaptation, anti-inflammatories and antioxidants, heat therapy, compression and massage, muscle damage and the…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 7.4Female Athlete PhysiologyThe physiology of women in endurance sport: the menstrual cycle and its hormones, heat and fuel use, hormonal contraception, heavy bleeding and iron, training in pregnancy and returning after childbirth, pelvic floor…10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 7.5Ageing and Masters PhysiologyHow the body ages in endurance sport: maximal heart rate, the ageing heart and arteries, sarcopenia and motor units, protein and anabolic resistance, bone, tendon and joints, heat and hydration, performance decline…10 tests · 100 facts

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Peer-reviewed exercise physiology and sports medicine literature, with standard textbooks for settled facts