Sports and Nutrition Flashcards
What is fitness
Characteristics that enable the body to perform physical activity; the ability to meet routine physical demands with enough energy to rise to a sudden challenge
What are the components of fitness?
Flexibility, muscle strength
How much you should train per week , intensity levels and duration
3-5 sessions per week
Intensity: 50-90% of maximum heart rate
Time duration: 30 minutes minimum
What is resistance?
moderate intensity strength training
What is endurance?
cardiorespiratory
What is flexibility?
stretching the major muscle groups
Nutrition for physical exercise varies with
- Age
- Sex
- Heredity
- Length of the event and the type of exercise
What are the 4 types of fuels used?
- ATP-CP (anaeorobic)
- ATP from carbs - lactate (anaerobic)
- ATP from carbs (aerobic)
- ATP from fat (aerobic)
Two most quick response systems
- Phosphagen system
- Lactic acid system
What does phosphocreatine get converted to during exercise? What does it produce?
Converted to creatine Produces ATP
Why do people take creatine supplements?
increase creatine in muscle to phosphocreatine, high intensity activity for a longer period of time (power lifting), good system to have for lots of energy
What are the nutrients used for energy during exercise?
Carbohydrate and fat
Long-term fatigue after the exercise comes from
No from lactic acid, but not enough glycogen
If you feel sudden burn during exercise what does it mean?
pH drops and production of lactic-acid
When does lactate accumulates and what happens if we cannot get rid of it quickly?
During high-intensity activities
When the clarity rate is less than the production rate ->activity can be sustained only for 1-3 minutes
What happens during short- term quick exercise ?
As there is a sudden need, quick response -> anaerobic ->in the muscles glucose is converted to pyruvate -> lactate->lactic acid is converted back to glucose by the liver
During aerobic metabolism, the energy provided by?
▫ Circulating glucose ▫ Muscle and liver glycogen ▫ Adipose tissue triglycerides
Which metabolism is faster? Which produces more ATP?
- Anaerobic - Aerobic
How does the aerobic metabolism occur?
oxidative phosphorylation Complete burning of oxygen to CO2 and H2O
How long does aerobic metabolism support muscle contraction?
Supports muscle contraction for >3 minutes ▫ e.g. 1500-meter run, marathon, etc.
Glycogen stores about ___kcal. When glycogen stores are depleted,___
2000
Muscle fatigue
What is VO2 max?
- Measure of the max amount of oxygen that an athlete can use - The higher, the more fit you are and the more aerobic capacity you have
Duration of activity and glycogen stores
•Initially, body uses glycogen for fuel
▫With sustained aerobic activity, more fat and less glucose used
•Glucose depletion
▫Gluconeogenesis
2 to 3 hours of strenuous activity depletes stores
Continued exertion becomes almost impossible
▫Trained athletes use glucose and glycogen slower, increased number of mitochondria
Strategies to combat glucose depletion
Eat a high-carbohydrate diet regularly •Consume glucose during prolonged exercise ▫Carbohydrate-based sports drinks •Carbohydrate-rich foods after activity ▫Increased insulin sensitivity ▫Increases glycogen stores
Fat use during Physical activity
Fat intake recommendations for athletes ▫Same as general population 20 to 35 percent of energy from fat •Fat can fuel hours of activity and not run out •Factors affecting fat use ▫Duration and intensity of activity ▫Training
Can you reduce fat from a particular place in the body?
No
What does hitting the wall mean?
- Glycogen depleted after 2 hours of vigorous activity (75% of VO2 max) - Hypoglycemia + depleted glycogen stores = half nervous system function
How do you avoid hitting the wall (glucose exhaustion)?
1) Eat a high CHO diet, 2) Ingest glucose during the activity, 3) Eat CHO rich foods after the activity, and 4) Train your muscles to store as much glycogen as possible.