Practice Paper

Question 1

Describe the activity profile of team sports

Answer 1

• Intermittent profile
• Low intensity
• Interspersed with maximal bursts

Question 2

Describe the impact and relevance of concurrent training effect on team sports

Answer 2

• Strength response is reduced due to high intensity endurance
• This is relevant as most sports require combination of the two

Question 3

How does muscle capillarisation affect a-vo2 difference?

Answer 3

• increased capillary density
• increased MTT
• Maintenance of a-vo2 diff even at high intensity

Question 4

How does training glycogen depleted improve endurance?

Answer 4

• mobilisation of FFA
• use of FFA
• No lactate from glycolysis

Question 5

Identify 2 internal load measures and 2 GPS measures

Answer 5

• HR
• Lactate
• HSR
• Relative distance (m/min)

Question 6

What are the mechanisms which cause an increase in Q with an increase in blood volume?

Answer 6

• Increase in EDV
• Increase in SV
• Thus Increase in Q

Question 7

Why should sprinters rest for longer than 5 mins?

Answer 7

• 10s drops PCR by 50-75%
• To reach 100%, this will take longer than 5m
• Complete PCR recovery takes up to 13 mins

Question 8

What is the mechanism for massage stopping inflammation?

Answer 8

• Massage reduces inflammation

- Reductions in TNF-a, IL6 and NFkB

Question 9

Report 4 ways of measuring fatigue

Answer 9

• Biochemical
• Hormone
• Perceptual
• Neuromuscular

Question 10

How does training affect PFK activity?

Answer 10

• PFK increases
• Greater glycolytic flux and ATP resynthesis from glycolysis
• higher sustained outputs