Calorimetry and Exercise Metabolism Flashcards
How do you determine amount of energy expended?
- Measure amount of heat produced = direct calorimetry
2. Measure amount of oxygen consumed = indirect calorimetry
What type of exercise burns more fat?
low intensity aerobic exercise
Why is VO2 used?
index of energy expenditure
Factors: Lung, Cardiac Output, Tissues (extraction of O2), Miochondria (ETC) –> Lowest pO2 (gradient)
Indirect Calorimetry
Not measuring VO2 directly
- Measuring Volume of ventilation and Concentration/Expired Gas (O2 and CO2 fractions)
- Looking at input volume – output volume
a. Input: Volume inspired x Fraction of inspired oxygen (21% in normal air)
b. Output: Volume expired x fraction of expired oxygen
Metabolic Equivalent (MET)
One MET Is equal to resting V02
Resting VO2 = 3.5ml/kg/min
Example: 10 MET exercise = 3.5ml/kg/min x 10 = 35
Metabolic Rate
Rate at which body uses energy
Typical range 1200-2400 kcal/ day
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
More experimental
- Increase in muscle mass (1lb gain in FFM: increase of 7-10 kcal/day)
- Increased in body surface area increases metabolic rate because disappating more heat (so metabolism increases to maintain internal body heat)
- Age (2-3% decrease/decade) probably due to loss in muscle mass
- Body Temp (increase in metabolic rate when out of homeostasis range)
- Stress (increase stress = increase rate)
- Diet-induced thermogensis (decreases fasting BMR)
What happens to VO2 max with training?
Increases ergo can do work for longer period of time
What influences VO2 max?
Cardiorespiratory systems ability to deliver oxygen to the muscles
Muscles ability to take up the oxygen and produce ATP aerobically
Oxygen Deficit
When energy is coming from anaerobic sources until aerobic sources can catch up.
This is why running for the first couple of minutes is so hard
What does training do to oxygen deficit?
Decreases it because the body can access the ETC/ Oxidative phosphorylation faster
What does PCr do during exercise?
It is the first pathway to respond during exercise
It initially declines b/c it’s being used and then increases during exercise
What does glycolysis do during exercise?
Initially increases and then it tappers off when ETC has caught up
What happens to VO2 when exercise stops?
Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption = EPOC
VO2 stays elevated
Rapid component to decrease it to a certain point and then have slow component that causes it to remain elevated for >30 minutes
Why is metabolism still elevated after exercise?
Oxygen debt or excess post-exercise oxygen consumption