Exam 4 Flashcards
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What is a ergogenic aid?
Any nutritional, mechanical, psychological, or pharmacologic subsance or practice that improves athletic performance
What is a dietary supplement?
Any product taken to supplement the diet
5K is what percentage of VO2max?
> 95%
10K is what percentage of VO2max?
> 90%
Marathon is what percentage of VO2max?
~78%
CHO is an
ergogenic aid
Typical recommendation for CHo intake fo ran undurance athlete is
6g of CHO / kg of body mass
Typical athlete diet for CHO
55%
Typical athlete diet for Protein
15%
typical athlete diet for fat
30%
A high CHO die shows what kind of performance?
high performance.
High CHO diet after training results in?
Faster recovery, getting back to resting level
30 minutes after exercise, we are able to
have 3x more glycolysis synthesis when ingesting more CHO
high cho good for
high intensity
when can low cho diet be beneficial?
during initial base phase
carbohydrate loading - 7 days prior to event you should
take cho so that its possible to exercse for longer
cho loading - 3-5 days prior:
high% and volume cho diet. goal of 10g/kg/day
consequences of cho loading?
may feel heavy/floated
nausea
diarrhea
insomnia
how much glucose can we intake per hour
60g
how much fructose can we take per hour
30g
testosterone leads to what for bone formation?
increase in bone formation, meaning larger bones
testosterone leads to what for protein synthesis?
increase in protein synthesis, meaning larger muscles and faster repair
testosterone leads to what for epo secretion
increase in epo secretion, leading to increase in red blood cell production
testosterone leads to what heart size is males?
larger heart sizes in males