Developing endurance

Question 1

Endurance training: Components of endurance

Answer 1

maximum rate of oxygen use
Efficiency of oxygen use
the highest work rate that can be sustained without accumulating lactate

Question 2

Which system contributes to Endurance training for track and field athletes

Answer 2

The oxidative system is responsible for the energy the athlete requires during his/her competition.

Question 3

Relative oxidative involvement assessed via

Answer 3

the accumulated oxygen deficit was 66 and 84% during the 800 m and 1500 m

Question 4

Endurance training for repeat-sprint athletes: Athletes in most team and racket sports perform ____________________efforts (i.e. ‘sprints’) interspersed with brief ‘recovery’ intervals many times over an extended period (e.g. 1–4 hours)

Answer 4

Maximal or near maximal efforts

Question 5

Endurance training for repeat-sprint athletes: The ability to reproduce performance during these types of events has been termed _______________________.

Answer 5

Repeated sprint ability

Question 6

Easy and steady training

Answer 6

Athletes who participate in sports with distinctly different physical requirements will probably benefit from different proportions of training within these zones

Question 7

Easy and steady training:A _____________________whose sport requires a considerable amount of sustained sub maximal running should benefit from _______________ training in the _______________ domain

Answer 7

A distance runner whose sport requires a considerable amount of sustained submaximal running should benefit from continuous training in the moderate domain.

Question 8

Easy’ recovery runs for (how many minutes)

Answer 8

20–40 minutes

Question 9

Stead recovery runs for (how many minutes)

Answer 9

60–120 minutes are characteristic of exercise in this domain.

Question 10

IIT for endurance training:A blanket term that refers to exercise involving relatively ______________________of vigorous activity interspersed with periods of rest or low-intensity exercise for recovery.

Answer 10

Short Burst

Question 11

Prescribing HIIT for athletes

Answer 11

Number of reps/intervals

• 8 x 4 min reptations

The duration of intervals

The intensity of work

Duration and mode of mode of recovery

PCR and more work intervals can be completed