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1
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Describe Low Frequency Fatigue

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  • Example of central fatigue
  • Lasts several hours to days
  • Can be due to excessive Ca or Free Radical exposure during ECC
  • Can be due to myofilament damage within the muscle
2
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“The ability to perform repeated, high-intensity contractions or to sustain a single, high-intensity contraction for a long period of time”

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Muscular Endurance

3
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“Entire body’s ability to perform prolonged, large muscle dynamic exercise at a moderately high-intensity”

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Aerobic Power

4
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“The maximum force that can be generated from a muscle in a single effort”

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Muscular Strength

5
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“The amount of mechanical work performed using primarily and ATP yield derived from anaerobic energy systems (i.e. immediate and glycolytic systems)”

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Anaerobic Power

6
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“The girth (or increasing girth) of a muscle”

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Muscular Hypertrophy

7
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“The rate of work performed by a muscle”

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Muscular Power

8
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How do you measure Muscular Strength?

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1 Rep Maximum (1-RM)

9
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How do you measure Muscular Endurance?

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Timed or Maximal Rep Tests

10
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Give an example of an athlete with high Muscular Endurance

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Rock Climber

11
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How do you measure Muscular Power and give an example of an exercise that exhibits Muscular Power

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Isokinetic Dynamometers, Clean and Jerk

12
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How do you measure Muscular Hypertrophy?

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Measuring tapes, lean body mass estimates, muscle biopsies

13
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How do you measure Aerobic Power?

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VO2max

14
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How do you measure Anaerobic Power?

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Wingate

15
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What is Anaerobic Capacity?

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The maximum amount of ATP production from anaerobic energy systems

16
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“The ability to move joints throughout their full range of motion”

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Flexibility

17
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How do you measure Flexibility

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Goniometry

18
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What do you use Maximal Accumulated Oxygen Deficit (MAOD) tests for?

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Anaerobic Power

19
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What would you expect to observe for insulin during exercise?

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  • Decreased secretion
  • Improved Efficiency
  • Stimulates Glucose uptake into the muscles
20
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List the Principles of Exercise Training

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  • Progressive Overload
  • Specificity
  • Individuality
  • Reversibility
  • FITT
  • Hard/Easy
21
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Progressive Overload

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Placing increased amounts of stress on the body to elicit adaptations that improve fitness

22
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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

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In response to a stressor, the body responds in three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion

23
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Specificity

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The body will adapt to a particular type and amount of stress (for example - stretching will not improve VO2max, but will improve flexibility)

24
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Individuality

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Some people show improvements in response to particular forms of exercise (responders) while some people do not (non-responders)

25
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Reversability

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Fitness adaptations are lost when exercise demands are lowered

26
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FITT

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F: Frequency of exercise sessions
I: Intensity of session
T: Time - duration or volume of session
T: Type of exercise performed

27
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Hard/Easy Principle

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“Hard” exercise stresses your body; “easy” exercise facilitates recovery

28
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What type of “load” is Aerobic Training considered

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Volume Load

29
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General Training Recommendations for Aerobic Training

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F: 3 or more sessions per week
I: At 60% VO2max or 60-80% HR
T: 20 min or longer per session
T: Any mode of exercise that permits the above recommendation

30
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Neuromuscular Recruitment for Aerobic Training

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  • Improved motor unit syncing
  • Co-activation of muscles
  • Reciprocal inhibition
31
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Muscle Fiber Changes for Aerobic Training

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  • Many Type IIx –> Type IIa (Type IIx start to look like Type IIa)
  • Increased size and function of Type I and Type IIa
  • Increased myoglobin
  • Increased mitochondria
32
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Metabolism Changes for Aerobic Training

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  • Increased VO2max (=increased aerobic power)
  • Increased Lactate Threshold
  • Decreased resting and submax RER
33
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If RER is above .9 what fuel source is being used?

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Carbs

34
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If RER is .89 or below, what fuel source is being used?

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Fats

35
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Circulation Changes of Aerobic Training

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  • Increased capillary density
  • Greater dilation of capillaries
  • Increased blood volume
  • Decreased resting and submax SBP/DBP
36
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Cardiac Function Changes for Aerobic Training

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  • Improved HR recovery
  • Decreased resting and submax HR
  • Max HR unaffected
  • Increased resting, submax, and max SV
  • Unaffected resting and submax Q
  • Increased max Q
37
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Respiratory Changes for Aerobic Training

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  • Decreased submax Ve

- Increased max Ve

38
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Exercise Performance Changes for Aerobic Training

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  • Increased aerobic power (VO2max)
  • Improved submaximal endurance capacity
  • Decreased metabolic cost for submaximal
39
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What type of “load” is Resistance Training considered to be?

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Pressure Load

40
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General Training Recommendations for Resistance Training

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F: 2 or more sessions per week (with at least 24hrs rest in between workouts for each muscle group)
I: 60-70% of 1-RM for general fitness, but not for optimal improvement
T: 8-10 exercises, max 3x15 reps
T: Isotonic resisted movements

41
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Neuromuscular Recruitment for Resistance Training

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  • Improved motor unit syncing
  • Increased motor unit recruitment
  • Improved Rate coding
  • (maybe) more efficient reciprocal inhibition
  • (maybe) reduced autogenic inhibition)
42
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Muscular Strength Changes for Resistance Training

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  • Early gains due to neuromuscular recruitment
  • Later gains due to anatomical changes within muscle fibers
  • M. Hypertrophy may improve strength but not a sole predictor
43
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Muscle Hypertrophy for Resistance Training

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  • Increased # myofilaments and myofibrils (muscle fibers are enlarged)
  • Increased thickness of connective tissues
  • Hyperplasia (increased # of muscle fibers) not see in humans
44
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Muscle Fiber Changes for Resistance Training

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  • Type IIx –> Type IIa

- Increased size and function of Type IIa and IIx

45
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Metabolism Changes for Resistance Training

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  • Increased Mitochondrial Respiration at rest
  • No change in VO2max
  • Increased Lactate Threshold
  • Increased storage of CrP and glycogen
46
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Cardiac Function Changes for Resistance Training

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UNAFFECTED HR, SV, and Q (for all resting, submax, and max)

47
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Circulation Changes for Resistance Training

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  • Improved blood distribution (increased BP during exercise)

- Decreased resting BP

48
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Respiratory Changes for Resistance Training

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  • No notable changes for whole body resistance training

- For specific respiratory muscle training: increased strength and endurance, FVC and TLC

49
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Exercise Performance for Resistance Training

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-Increased muscle strength, endurance, power, hypertrophy, anaer0bic power (depending on how you are training) ***KNOW CHART

50
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General Training Recommendations for Anaerobic Training

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F: 3-4 sessions per week
I: More than or equal to 100% VO2max (all out intervals)
T: 3-10 intervals 5-30sec each with appropriate rest
T: any mode of exercise that allows for all out intensity

51
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Neuromuscular Recruitment for Anaerobic Training

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  • Improved motor unit syncing
  • Increased motor unit recruitment
  • Improved Rate coding
  • (maybe) more efficient reciprocal inhibition
  • (maybe) reduced autogenic inhibition)
52
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Muscle Fiber Type Changes for Anaerobic Training

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  • Some type IIx and type IIa
  • Increased size and function of both
  • Decreased size and function of Type I (Fast movements), or Increase (forceful movements)
53
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Metabolism Changes for Anaerobic Training

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  • Increased glycolytic and oxidative enzyme activity
  • No change in VO2max
  • Increased storage of CrP and glycogen
  • Lactate Threshold changes depend on length of interval
54
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Cardiac Function Changes for Anaerobic Training

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  • Decreased resting and submax HR
  • Unaffected max HR
  • Improved HR recovery
  • Unaffected SV and Q (resting, submax, max)
55
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Circulation Changes for Anaerobic Training

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  • Improved blood distribution (increased BP during exercise)

- Decreased resting BP

56
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Respiratory Changes for Anaerobic Training

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-Increased Resp. muscle strength and endurance

57
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Exercise Performance for Anaerboic Training

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  • Increased aerobic and anaerobic power
  • Decreased fatigue index
  • Increased muscle power
  • Improved metabolic cost for submaximal workload
  • (depending) increased muscle strength
58
Q

General Training Recommendations for Flexibility (to improve flexibility)

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F: 2-3 sessions per week per muscle group
I: Hold stretches to mild discomfort
T: 15-30 sec per rep, 2-4 reps per muscle group
T: Static, active stretching

59
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General Training Recommendations for Flexibility (to improve performance)

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F: right before exercise
I: ROM should not go beyond mild discomfort
T: Depends on drill
T: active, dynamic stretching

60
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Passive Stretching

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involves an external force to move joint through ROM

61
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Active Stretching

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involves contraction of agonist muscles to move a joint through its ROM to stretch target muscle/group

62
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Static Stretching

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slowly moving into stretch and holding

63
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Ballistic Stretching

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sudden stretch with “bouncy” movement

64
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Dynamic Stretching

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moving a joint through full ROM in controlled manner

65
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Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)

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manipulates GTOs and muscle spindles to effectively stretch a muscle

66
Q

What are types of flexibility training?

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Yoga and Pilates

67
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Neuromuscular Recruitment for Flexibility

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  • Active/Dynamic Stretching may improve motor unit syncing, increase motor unit recruitment, improve rate coding, and co-activation of muscles
  • All stretching retunes muscle spindles and GTOs
68
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What parameters show no adaptations during Flexibility Training?

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  • Muscle Fibers
  • Metabolism
  • Cardiac Function
  • Circulation
  • Respiratory
69
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Exercise Performance for Flexibility

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  • Increase ROM

- Increased muscle power

70
Q

What are the main elements of periodization?

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  • Volume
  • Intensity
  • Technique
71
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“Involves a fairly progressive ‘taper’ toward a peak performance at the end of a macrocyle, using a specific sequence of meso/microcycles”

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Linear (classical) Periodization

72
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“Incorporates multiple ‘tapers’ into the fitness progression to optimize performance at multiple times during the macrocyle”

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Non-Linear (undulating) Periodization

73
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“Easy training which elicits minor improvements, if any”

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Undertraining

74
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“an average training load that elicits appreciable improvements in physiological function and performance”

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Acute Overload

75
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When does Acute Overload typically occur?

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Early-middle mesocycles within a competitive macrocycle

76
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When does Undertraining typically occur?

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Active rest mesocycles, or when life doesn’t allow you to train as much as you’d like (aka injury)

77
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“a brief period of heavy training that overloads the body without optimal rest and recovery”

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Overreaching

78
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“training load that is too substantial given the provided rest and recovery”

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Overtraining

79
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“a period of reduced training load to facilitate rest, recovery, and physiological adaptions that will improve fitness”

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Tapering/Peaking

80
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When does Tapering/Peaking typically occur?

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Near the end of mesocycles or near end of macrocycle when peak performance is desired

81
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When does Overreaching typically occur?

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Typical of post-season workouts for many sports

82
Q

What would you expect to observe for Glucagon during exercise?

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  • Increases a little with exercise intensity but more dramatically as exercise duration increases
  • Stimulates glycogenolysis to form a glucose supply that insulin can work with
83
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What would you expect to observe for Epinephrin during exercise?

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  • Immediate increase in response to onset of exercise, with gradual increase over exercise duration or at higher intensities
  • Stimulates glycogenolysis and lipolysis (gives us glucose and free fatty acids)
84
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What would you expect to observe for Norepinephrin during exercise?

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Immediate increase in response to onset of exercise, with gradual increase over exercise duration or at higher intensities

85
Q

What would you expect to observe for Cortisol during exercise?

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  • Immediate increase in response to exercise and continues to increase with short-duration high intensity exercise.
  • During longer duration/lower intensity exercise initial spike and then gradual decrease over duration
  • Stimulates lipolysis, glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, and deamination
86
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What would you expect to observe for Growth Hormone during exercise?

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  • Dramatic increase with exercise intensity, but also gradual increase over duration
  • Makes IGF-1
87
Q

What would you expect to observe for Insuline-like Growth Factor during exercise?

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Dramatic increase with exercise intensity, but also gradual increase over duration
-Facilitates amino acid uptake and protein synthesis

88
Q

What are post-exercise implications of Growth Hormone and IGF-1?

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  • Influence recovery and adaptations

- Try and maximize levels during post-exercise

89
Q

“muscle stress of damage that may send afferent information to the CNS and may last several hours to days”

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Central Fatigue

90
Q

“elevated FFA in blood spurred an increase in tryptophan uptake by the brain and consequently increased serotonin production”

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Central Fatigue

91
Q

Fatigue typical of endurance exercise

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Central Fatigue

92
Q

“failure of excitation contraction coupling process”

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Peripheral Fatigue

93
Q

What is a probable category and mechanism of fatigue for high intensity-short duration exercise?

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Peripheral Fatigue; excessive K efflux temporarily impaired muscle fiber depolarization

94
Q

What is a probable category and mechanism of fatigue for extended duration-high intensity exercise?

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Metabolic Fatigue; When muscle glycogen stores are depleted

95
Q

What is a probable category and mechanism of DOMS

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Central Fatigue; muscle damage has occurred and muscles are sending afferent feedback to CNS so CNS inhibits those muscles

96
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Metabolic Fatigue

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  • Exhaustion Hypothesis (run out of fuel)
  • Accumulation Hypothesis (LA increase, spurring H release which messes with Ca-Troponin binding, Ca release and uptake, and sarcolemma excitability