Animals are currently used in percent of psychological research. 2 8 14 20

The person who utilize the progression principle will keep adding the difficulty of the exercise that he's doing, while the person who does not, will only stay stagnant.  the person that utilize progression principle, will get a stronger endurance because now his body is conditioned to do harsher routines.{the answer was already on verified)

Ican only answer your first question, a machine is like a human body because it's a little similar. they both almost work like the same.