Chapter 12 - Chronic adaptations to training Flashcards
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12.1 - Chronic adapatations to training
Chronic training adaptations
The body’s long-term responses of the cardiovascular, respiratory & muscular systems that develop over a periof of time when training is repeated regularly
- training should occur over an extended period - 3x a week for minimum 6-8 weeks
- adaptations occus when the body responds through making specific changes to cope w demands of exercise
- retainined unless training ceases - body gradually reverts to pre-training levels (reversibility or detraining)
- dependent on:
- type & method undertaken: type of adaptations depend on & are specific to the type of training - if the training is aerobic, anaerobic or resistance (SAID principle - Specific Adaptations to Imposed Demands)
- frequency, duration/time & intensity: the greater these are, the more pronounced the adaptations. diminishing returns & overtraining need to be considered
- individual capacities & herediatry factors: VO2max, muscle-fibre type distribution
12.1 - Chronic adapatations to training
Chronic adaptations to aerobic training
- minimun training is 6 weeks - more evident after 12
- increase efficiency of delivering larger O2 quantities - cardiovascular increase blood flow & distribution of O2 to muscles
- continuous, fartlek, long interval & HIIT
- can be done through circuit & resistance training if designed for aerobic & muscular endurance
- increase ability to aerobically produce ATP (Economy)
12.1 - Chronic adapatations to training
Chronic adaptations to aerobic training
Economy
Economy: describes the quantity of O2 (mL/kg/min) required to generate movement at any given speed or intensity
- O2 delivery effectiveness is the most significant factor
- O2 delivery depends on:
- lungs ability to ventilate large volumes of O2
- bloods ability to exchange O2 at the lungs
- hearts ability to pump large quantites of blood to muscles
- muscles ability to extract O2 from blood (myoglobin)
- muscles ability to use O2 to breakdown fuel for ATP production
12.1 - Chronic adapatations to training
Chronic adaptations to anaerobic training
- minimum training is 6 weeks
- greatest adaptations occur in muscular system
- designed for hypertrophy - enables greater force production, power output, strength & speed
- further adaptaion at muscle tissue level improve anaerobic capacity & metaboic by-product tolerance
- short & immediate interval training, plyometrics & circuit training (esigned w/ anaerobic exercises)
- strength & power resistance training
12.1 - Chronic adapatations to training
Chronic adaptations to resistance training
- muscle size is a signifiacnt contributer to muscle strength
- initial stages increases in strength are due to neural adaptations - sibstantial impact for first 8-10weeks
- after 10 weeks muscular hypertrophy is the predominant factor contributing
Muscular hypertrophy: the increase in the cross-sectional area of a muscle - an increase in muscle size
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Increased left ventricle size & volume
- trainining results in cardiac hypertrophy
cardical hypertrophy: an enlargement of the heart muscle as a result of training - increased size increases volume
- results in increase in SV & Q - allows more blood to leave heart & deliver O2 to muscles
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Increased capillarisation of the heart muscle
capillarisation: an increase in the capillary density and blood flow to skeletal or cardiac muscle as a result of aerobic training
- increases blood supply & O2 to the heart to beat more strongly & effectively during exercise & rest
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Increased SV
SV: the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle with each contraction of the heart
- cardiac hypertophy, reduced systemic peripheral resistance, greater blood volume, increased venous return & increased stretch of ventricle all contribute
- allows for greater O2 delievery to muscles
- able to work at higher intensities for longer w/ fewer fatiguing factors
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Decreased resting & submaximal HR & faster recovery HR
- HR is a good indicator of aerobic fitness
- effect on MHR is minimal - largely affected by age & genetics
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Decreased resting HR
- amount of O2 needed at rest doesnt change
- at rest 5L of blood/min circulates
- Q: the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle per min
- if individual has a greater SV the heart rate doesnt need to beat as frequently to supply required blood flow
RHR: the number of bpm whle the body is at rest - lower RHR = greater aerobic fitness
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Decreased HR during submaximal workloads
- have lower HRs during submaximal activity
- result of increased SV
- results in slower increase in HR during exercise & faster attainment of steady state
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Faster HR recovery rates
- HR will return to pre-exercise levels quicker after maximal & submaximal work
- due to a greater effiency of cardiovascular system in aerobic energy production
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Increased Q during maximal exercise
- unchanged @ rest & submaximal exercise
- increases due to increase in SV
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Decreased blood pressure
- can lower BP
- systolic & diastolic decrease during rest & exercise during training
- helps reduce resistance to blood flow & strain on the hear
- decreases risk of heart attack
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Increased cappilaristation of skeletal muscle
- allows increased blood flow - more O2 & nutrients to muscles & increased removal of metabolic by-products
- one of most significant factors leading to VO2max increase
- diffusion of O2 from capillaries to mitochondria is a major factor in maximising the muscles rate of O2 consumption
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Increased blood volume
- total blood volume risses by up to 25%
- RBC increase in number - greater haemoglobin content & O2 carrying capacity rises
- more O2 is deleivered to muscles and used
- blood plasma volume increases - reduces viscosity of blood, allowing it to flow smoothly through blood vessels
- improves blood flow
- enhances O2 delivery to muscles
- increases thermoregulation capacity
12.2 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: cardiovascular
Adaptations
- increased left ventricle size & volume
- Increased capillarisation of the heart
- increased SV
- decrested resting & submaximal HR & faster recovery HR
- decreased RHR
- decreased HR during submaximal work
- faster HR recovery rates
- increased Q in maximal exercise
- decreased BP
- increased capillaristaion of skeletal muscle
- increased blood volume
12.3 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: respiratory
Increased pullmonary ventilation during maximal exercise
- V is reduced at rest & submaximak exercise due to improved O2 extraction
- during maximal exercise V increases due to increase in TV & RR
V: the amount of air that is inspired or expire per min by the lungs. V = TV x RR
TV: the amount of air inspired & expired by the lungs per breathe
RR: the amount of times a person breathes in and out per min
12.3 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: respiratory
Increased TV
- due to increased strength & endurance of respiratory muscles - more air can be inhaled/exhaled
- allows more O2 to be diffused into surrounding alveoli capilaries & delivered to muscles
12.3 - Chronic adaptations to aerobic training: respiratory
Decreased resting & submaximal RR
- increased pulmonary function & O2 extraction from alveoli to suurounding capillaries