Aerobic Performance Flashcards
specificity principle
You must train the muscle for the property that you want to enhance
Who will see the most gains?
• A = 42 year old man with BMI 30, office executive
• B = 42 year old man with BMI 22, gym teacher
A, because he has lower fitness so more room for improvement. He also has a sedentary job.
What’s the best way to prescribe an exercise prescription?
Maximum Exercise Stress Test with Gas Analysis
What is VO2 max?
point at which VO2 plateaus despite intensity increasing
whats the gold standard?
someone exercising to max ability
goal of gold standard?
reach VO2 max
what does VO2 indicate?
tells you how much oxygen your body can use and deliver for muscular work
what is a limitation of GXT?
a lot of motivation is needed
how can you use GXT?
assess heart rate, compare values to where they are expected to be
measured by blood samples to
determine when lactate clearance is falling behind lactateproduction
lactate threshold
Measurements of oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, respiratory rate and volume
ventilatory threshold
whats the relationship b/w heart rate and workload?
for every MET increase in intensity, HR increases 8-12 beats
whats the relationship b/w SBP and workload?
same as HR; should increase 8-12 mm Hg systolic
For steady rate exercise, SBP does what?
it increases sharply and once steady rate is reached, it stabilizes
Diastolic, regardless of incremental or steady rate exercises should do what?
stay about the same
4 components of a training session
warm up
training zone
cool down
stretching
Why is preload in cool down important where it gets decreased?
brings vital signs back to normal
what is preload?
volume of blood returning to left ventricle to enhance contraction
what is FITTVP?
frequency intensity time type volume progression
difference between VT1 and VT2
lowest and highest ends of training zones;
VT1 compares to VO2 and VT2 compares to VCO2
overload principle for moderate and vigorous intensity
55-70 HRmax for moderate
70-85 HRmax for vigorous
how do you determine HRmax?
220-age
HRR formula
(HRmax- HRrest) x intensity + HRrest