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Chapter 6: Adaptations to Aerobic Endurance Training Programs Flashcards

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Primary functions of the cardiovascular system during aerobic exercise

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  • Deliver oxygen and other nutrients to the working muscles

- Remove metabolites and waste products

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Cardiac Output

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  • The amount of blood pumped by the heart in linters per minute
  • Determined by the product of stroke volume and heart rate
  • Q = Stroke Volume x Heart Rate
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Stroke Volume

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Quantity of blood ejected with each heart beat

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Heart Rate

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The heart’s rate of pumping in beats per minute

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Progression of cardiac output from rest to steady-state aerobic exercise

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Initially increases rapidly, then more gradually, then reaches a plateau

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Response of cardiac output to maximal aerobic exercise

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Cardiac output may increase to 4x the resting level (5 L’min to a max of 20-22 L/min)

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Response of stroke volume to aerobic exercise

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  • Increases at the onset of exercise
  • Continues to rise until individual reaches ~40-50% of VO2max
  • Plateaus at 40-50% of VO2max
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Max stroke volume for sedentary and trained college-aged men/women

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Men
- 100-120 mL/beat (sedentary)
- 150-160 mL/beat (after training)
Women
- ~25% less (sedentary)
- 100-110 mL/beat (after training)
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Physiological mechanisms that regulate stroke volume

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  • End-diastolic volume

- Hormone response (epinephrine and norepinephrine) which produces a more forceful ventricular contraction

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End-diastolic Volume

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The volume of blood available to be pumped by the left ventricle at the end of the filling phase (diastole)

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Venous Return

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The amount of blood returning to the heart

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Factors that cause venous return to increase

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  • Vasoconstriction (induced via increased sympathetic nervous system activation)
  • Skeletal muscle pump (muscular contractions combine with one-way venous valves to “push” more blood to the heart during exercise)
  • Respiratory pump
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Skeletal Muscle Pump

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Muscular contractions combine with one-way venous valves to “push” more blood to the heart during exercise

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Respiratory Pump

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Increased respiratory frequency and tidal volume

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Frank-Sterling Mechanism

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A greater end-diastolic volume increases the contractile strength of the ventricles and thus increases stroke volume

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Ejection Fraction

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The fraction of the end-diastolic volume ejected from the heart

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Response of heart rate to aerobic exercise

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  • A reflex or stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system results in an increase of heart rate
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How does heart rate change as exercise intensity increases?

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HR increases linearly with increases in intensity during aerobic exercise

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Oxygen Uptake

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The amount of oxygen consumed by the body’s tissues

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What effect does aerobic exercise have on oxygen demand?

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  • Increases during an acute bout of aerobic exercise

- Directly related to the mass of exercising muscle, metabolic efficiency, and exercise intensity

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Maximal Oxygen Uptake

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Greatest amount of oxygen that can be used at the cellular level for the entire body

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Metabolic Equivalent (MET)

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  • The estimated resting oxygen uptake is 3.5 ml/kg/min (1 MET)
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Fick Equation

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VO2 = Q x a-vO2 difference

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Arteriovenous Oxygen Difference

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  • The difference in the oxygen content between arterial and venous blood
  • VO2 = Q x a-vO2 difference
  • VO2 = Heart rate x Stroke volume x a-vO2 difference
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Systolic Blood Pressure

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The pressure exerted against the arterial walls as blood is forcefully ejected during ventricular contraction

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Systole

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Ventricular contraction

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Rate-Pressure Product

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  • AKA double product
  • Heart Rate x Systolic blood pressure
  • Can be used to describe the myocardial oxygen consumption (work) of the heart
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Diastolic Blood Product

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Estimate the pressure exerted against the arterial walls when no blood is being forcefully ejected through the vessels

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Mean Arterial Pressure

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  • The average blood pressure throughout the cardiac cycle

- MAP = [(Systolic BP - Diastolic BP)/3] + Diastolic BP

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Normal BP Ranges

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Systolic : 110-139 (220-260 during max exercise)

Diastolic: 60-89

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What is the main mechanism for regulating blood flow?

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Vasoconstriction and vasodilation of the blood vessels

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Vasoconstriction

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The constriction of blood vessels, which increases blood pressure.

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Vasodilation

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The dilatation of blood vessels, which decreases blood pressure.

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Minute Ventilation

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The volume of air breathed per minute

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What factors increase minute ventilation during exercise?

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  • Increased breath depth

- Increased breathing frequency

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Tidal Volume

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The amount of air inhaled and exhaled with each breath

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Ventilatory Equivalent

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The ratio of minute ventilation to oxygen uptake

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During low- to moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, what causes the increase in ventilation?

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Increased tidal volume

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During high-intensity exercise, what causes the increase in ventilation?

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Increased breathing frequency

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Alveoli

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The functional unit of the pulmonary system where gas exchange occurs

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Anatomical Dead Space

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  • Areas of the respiratory passages which does not function for gas exchange
  • Nose, mouth, trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles
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Physiological Dead Space

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Alveoli in which poor blood flow, poor ventilation, or other problems with the alveolar surface impair gas exchange

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Diffusion

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  • The movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide across a cell membrane
  • A function of the concentration of each gas and the resulting partial pressure exerted by the molecular motion of each gas
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Adaptations to chronic aerobic exercise

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  • Increased max cardiac output
  • Increased stroke volume
  • Reduced HR at rest and during submax exercise
  • Increased muscle fiber capillary density
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Most significant change in cardiovascular function with long-term aerobic training

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Maximal cardiac output, resulting primarily from improved stroke volume

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Myoglobin

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  • A protein that transports oxygen within a muscle cell

- Increases as a result of aerobic training

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Mitochondria

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Organelles in cells that are responsible for aerobically producing ATP

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Which aerobic programs are most successful in improving bone mass?

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More intense physical activities such as running and high-intensity aerobics

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External and individual factors influencing adaptation to aerobic training

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  • Altitude
  • Hyperoxic breathing
  • Smoking
  • Blood doping
  • Genetic potential
  • Age and Sex
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Acute adjustments to altitude hypoxia

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  • Pulmonary: hyperventilation
  • Acid-base: body fluids become more alkaline due to reduction in CO2 with hyperventilation
  • Cardiovascular: CO increases at rest and submax exercise; submax HR increases; Stroke volume, max HR, and max CO remains the same/slightly lower
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Chronic adjustments to altitude hypoxia

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  • Pulmonary: Increase in ventilation rate stabilizers
  • Acid-base: Excretion of HCO3- by the kidneys with concomitant reduction in alkaline reserve
  • Cardiovascular: Continued elevation in submax HR; decreased stroke volume; lower max HR and CO
  • Hematologic: Increased red cell production, viscosity, hematocrit; decreased plasma volume
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Hyperventilation

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An increase in pulmonary ventilation

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Hyperoxic Breathing

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Breathing oxygen-enriched gas mixtures

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Blood doping

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The practice of artificially increasing red blood cell mass

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Overtraining

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  • A process that can result in overreaching in the short term (functional overreaching) or extreme overreaching (nonfunctional overreaching) or overtraining syndrome (OTS) in the long term
  • Occurs when there is not adequate recovery
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Cardiovascular responses to overtraining

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  • Resting HR can be either decreased or increased in association with OTS
  • HR variability can decrease with onset of OTS (indicates reduced parasympathetic input or excessive sympathetic stimulation)
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Biochemical responses to overtraining

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  • Increased levels of creatine kinase (indicating muscle damage)
  • Lactate concentrations either decrease or stay the same
  • Muscle glycogen decreases
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Endocrine responses to overtraining

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  • Total testosterone decreases after an initial increase in response to the exercise stimuli
  • Decreased pituitary secretion of growth hormone
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Strategies for avoiding overtraining syndrome

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  • Good nutrition

- Sufficient sleep and recovery time

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Detraining

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The partial or complete loss of training-induced adaptations in response to an insufficient training stimulus

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Tapering

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  • The planned reduction of volume (usually in duration and frequency, not intensity) that occurs before an athletic competition or a planned recovery microcycle
  • Designed to enhance performance and adaptations
  • Aerobic endurance adaptations are most sensitive to periods of inactivity due to their enzymatic basis

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