ch. 21 Flashcards
Overtraining
accumulation of training stress that impairs an athlete’s ability to perform training sessions and results in long term decrements of performance
Overreaching
excessive training that leads to short term decrement in performance with adequate rest intervals between training sessions
- (lead to improved performance)
Within how many weeks after cessation of training can reduce Vo2 Max
2 weeks
What is one of the most important influences that contribute to the observed individual variations in training response?
athletes beginning level of fitness
Training an only improve anaerobic performance to a small degree because
- type of skeletal muscle fiber that is best suited for anaerobic performance (type IIx) is determined early in development
What are the general objective sport conditioning
improve performance by increasing muscle force/power output, improving muscular efficiency, and improving muscle endurance
every training session should consist of 3 components:
- warm up
- workout
- cool down
2 objective of warm up
- warm up increases cardiac output and blood flow to skeletal muscles to be used during session
- warm up activity results in muscle temperature which elevates muscle enzyme activity
length of warm up
10-20 min
objective of cool down
- return pooled blood from the exercised skeletal muscles back to the central circulation ,
Benefit or warm up
- feasible that a warm up reduces the risk of muscle and or tendon injury during exercise
Three principal aerobic training methods used by athletes
- interval training
- long, slow distance (low intensity)
- high intensity continuous exercise
what are the variables related to endurance
- improvement of VO2 max
- increase lactate threshold
- improve running economy
The intensity and length of the work interval depends on
what athlete is trying to accomplish
Interval training that is designed to improve VO2 max typically involves intervals longer than
50-60 seconds to increase involvement of aerobic ATP production