Lecture 14 Flashcards
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What is Positive Stress?
Training that causes improvements in exercise performance
- dependent on colume & intensity of training
- compares quantity vs quality training
- major adaptations in 6-10weeks
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How is rate of Adaptation limited?
Rate of adaptation is genetically limited & variation could be too much
- too much training = decreased performance & increased chance of injury
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When discussing training, why is it important to balance volume & intensity?
Makes sure that rest is included & correct balance in training enhances performance
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What are performance decrements of overtraining?
Overtraining causes performance decrements such as; chronic fatigue, illness, overuse injuries, & overtraining syndrome
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Why is Progressive Overload Necessary for optimized training?
Progressively increases stimulus as the body adapts & stimulation of continuous improvements
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What is Under training & how does it occur?
Undertrainign results from insufficient stimulus & adaptations aer not fully realized
- optimal performance is not achieved when under-trainign
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What is Overtraining & how does it occur?
Overtrainign causes a loss of benefits from activity & no additional improvements are met
- leads to performance decrements & possibly injury
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What is Overreaching?
- what does it allow?
Overreaching is the systematic attempt to overstress the body for short training periods
- allows the body to adapt to stronger stimulus
- not the same as excessive training & must take caution to not cross into overtraining
- overreaching causes a short performance decrement followed by improved performance & function
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What is Excessive training? Provide an example & express some pros/cons
Excessive training occurs when volume, intensity, or both are too extreme
- “more training is better” isn’t always true after a point
- Eg; swim training 3-4h per day is no better than 1-1.5 hours per day
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When discussing excessive training, is more always better?
No evidence explaining that more is better
- similar HR & blood lactate levels & no additional improvements from exercising multiple times per day
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During excessive training, how are intensity & volume related?
Intensity & volume are inversely related; if volume increases than intensity should decrease & vice versa
- different emphasis leads tp different results & applies to resisdtence, aerobic, & anaerobic training
*if intensity & volume both increase, this may cause negative effects
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What is Periodization of Training & what athletes is it best for? What athletes would it not work for?
Divides Trina in into cycles ranging from multi year to microcycles (few days)
- best from athletes who focus on one competition
- not optimal for team sports or sports requiring skill development
- includes general & specific exercises to stimulate motor skills
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What is Block Periodization Training?
Allows do us on a few skills/attributes & uses 3-4 blocks that last 2-4 weeks
*gaining popularity
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What is Overtraining & what does it lead to?
Leads to unexplained decreases in performance & function from weeks-months-years
- may have psychological & physiological causes
- can occur with all forms of training
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What is Overtraining Syndrome & its 6 Symptoms?
Overtraining syndrome is highly individualized & rules out other causes; systems include…
1.) decreased strength, coordination, & capacity
2.) fatigue
3.) change in appetite & weight loss
4.) sleep & mood disturbances
5.) lack of motivation or concentration
6.) depression
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What are some psychological factors of overtraining syndrome?
Overtraining is possibly related to intensity or volume (training errors)
- psychological factors may be emotional pressure of competition which causes stress & parallels with clinical depression
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What are some physiological factors of overtraining syndrome?
Autonomic, endocrine, & immune factors don’t have a cause-and-effect relationship but have significant parallels
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When discussing overtraining syndrome, what are some impacts it has on the Sympathetic Nervous System?
1.) increased BP
2.) loss of appetite
3.) weight loss
4.) sleep & emotional disturbances
5.) increased basal metabolic rate
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When discussing overtraining syndrome, what are some impacts it has on the Parasympathetic Nervous System?
1.) early fatigue
2.) decreased resting HR
3.) decreased resting BP
4.) rapid HR recovery
**more common with endurance athletes
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When discussing overtraining syndrome, what are some Endocrine responses?
- resting thyroxine & testosterone levels decrease & cortisol increases
- testosterone-to-cortisol ratio is an indicator of anabolic recovery process and when altered it could possibly indicate protein catabolism
- volume-related overtraining more likely to affect hormones
- blood urea concentration increases
- resting catecholamines increase
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When discussing overtraining syndrome, what are some immune responses that occur?
Immune function may be compromised as overtraining suppresses immune function
- decrease in lymphocytes & antibodies
- increase incidence of illness after exhaustive exercise
- exercise during illness may cause immune implications
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How do you predict overtraining syndrome?
Causes and diagnostics are unknown & difficult to determine
- threshold is different for each athlete & intuition is unreliable
- no warning symptoms meaning coaches dont notice until too late (recovery takes days/weeks/months)
- biological markers (limited)
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What are some treatments for overtraining syndrome?
- reduce the intensity
- rest (for weeks-months)
- counselling to deal with stress
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What are some preventions for overtraining syndrome?
- Periodization of training
- adequate caloric intake (especially carbs) when training
