Week 1 - Basics of Exercise Training Flashcards

(40 cards)

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What are the key considerations for designing a training programme?

A

Understand physiological demands of the sport.

Design a programme that:

  1. Adjusts ability to produce ATP through aerobic or anaerobic pathways.
  2. Adjusts proportion of muscle fibres.
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3 systems to RE-synthesise ATP

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PCr (Anaerobic)

Glycolysis (Anaerobic)

Oxidative phosphorylation (Aerobic) - fuel: glycogen & fat

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What are the rates + capacities to the 3 systems to re-synthesise ATP

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PC - High rate & low cap.

Glycolysis - Mod. Rate & cap.

Ox Phos - Low rate & high cap

— Dependent on ACTION, CONTRACTILE DEMAND & METABOLIC PATHWAY

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List fitness components

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Speed

Endurance

Strength

Power

Speed Endurance

Co-ordination

Reaction Time

Agility

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TRAINING PRINCIPLES

Specificity

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Adapt. That occur are specific to the stressor imposed. = stressor should be specific to wanted adapt.

Adapt are specific to the:

  • Muscle trained
  • Intensity of exercise
  • Metabolic demands
  • Joint angle

Training program must have a HIGH carryover to the sport.

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TRAINING PRINCIPLES

Progression

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Resistance needs to be continually modified in order to maintain the same training stimulus.

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TRAINING PRINCIPLES

Overload

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  • Req. for continued adapt.

Milo of Croton - Decided to lift a baby bull every day, as the bull grew, so did his strength.

The Magnitude of stressor needs to ⬆️ so that the physiological component being trained is exercised at a level that its not normally accustomed to.

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TRAINING PRINCIPLES

Reversibility

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When stressor is reduced, adapt. will reverse

i.e due to illness, injury or lack of effort.

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TRAINING PRINCIPLES

Recovery

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Continuous intensive training leads to non-functional overreaching

Sufficient rest is needed to optimise training adapt.

As a result, training programmes should be periodised.

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What are the ways in which you can monitor training intensity

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Stop watch

GPS

Rating of perceived Exertion (RPE)

Physiological measurements (O2 uptake (%VO2 Max), blood lactate (above/below threshold) + HR monitoring)

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MONITORING TRAINING INTENSITY

Adv. + Disadv to stop watch + GPS

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+ive:

Easy + easy to access

-Ive:

No physiological response

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MONITORING TRAINING INTENSITY

Adv. + Disadv to rating of perceived exertion (RPE)

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+ive:

Accessible to all

-Ive:

subjective

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MONITORING TRAINING INTENSITY

Adv. + Disadv to physiological measurements - O2 uptake + Blood lactate

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+ive:

Objective + reliable

-Ive:

Experts needed to interpret + expensive equipment req.

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MONITORING TRAINING INTENSITY

Adv. + Disadv to physiological measurements - HR monitoring

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+ive:

Objective

rel. cheap

easy to understand

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Training session structure

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Warm up

Main session

Warm down

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How does a warm up improve performance?

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⬆️ Nerve cond. velocity

⬆️ rate of muscle energy metabolism

⬆️ contractile force

⬆️ HR

⬆️ muscle blood flow

⬆️ aerobic energy turnover during end. Exercise

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What is the warm up strategy for short duration events

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40-60% OF VO2 Max

5-10 mins

5 mins of recovery

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What is the warm up strategy for long duration events

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60-70% VO2 Max

5-10 mins

Less than 5 mins of recovery

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What does a successful training program allow for? + what is the ultimate success of any programme?

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Successful training prog. = Allows for the management of the adapt. & recovery responses to specific training stimuli that are delivered in a structured way.

The ultimate success of any training programme centres on its ability to induce specific physiological adapt. + translate those adapt. Into an increase in perf.

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Q

Give examples of homeostasis

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maintaining body temp

fluid balances

pH of extra cellular fluids

iron conc.

blood sugar conc.

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What happens to the body, in relation to homeostasis, when the body is exposed to an outside stressor?

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Homeostatic mechanisms are activated to maintain homeostasis.

IF disturbance continues i.e ind. who trains regularly, the body adapts its function to enable it to better deal with those stressors.

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General Adaptation Syndrome

Explain Background

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Dr Hans Selye 1956

= Main foundational concept from which training adapt. theories were developed + why periodisation of training was used.

Used to describe ST + LT effects of being exposed to a stressful event.

During experiment with rats at McGill Uni in Canada, Dr Hans Selye observed a series of physiologic changes that occurred after exposure to a stressful event. –> After additional research, he concluded that the changes were not isolated cases, but rather a typical response to stress. He identified 3 stages:

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What are the stages to the GAS?

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  1. Alarm - reaction stage
  2. Resistance
  3. Exhaustion
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GAS

  1. Alarm-reaction stage
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Brain subconsciously perceives stressor + prepares body to deal with it.

Sympathetic NS is activated = ⬆️ HR, bf to muscles + resp. Rate

May also experience intense anxiety, sweating + nausea.

“Fight or flight” response

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What happens when the sympathetic NS is activated?
Adrenaline + cortisol is released
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GAS 2. Resistance
When body tries to actively restore homeostasis. Body reverses many of the initial physiological responses but remains on high alert + has adapted to be quite resistant to the stressor. Cortisol levels + resting metabolic rate remain high. If stressor is removed, body will slowly return to its normal state.
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GAS 3. Exhaustion
When stressor persists for a long time. Systems begin to break down, i.e experience fatigue, burn out + depression. Also a significant weakening of the immune system which leaves ind. susceptible to other illnesses.
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4 Primary stages of the super compensation cycle (SC)
1. Training Stimulus 2. Fatigue 2. Compensation 4. Super-compensation
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SUPERCOMPENSATION CYCLE Training stimulus
Refers to training session. ATP prod. from energy systems ⬆️ == substrate stores i.e glycogen + PC are diminished + fatigue inducing by-products i.e H+ accumulate. Micro-damage to skeletal muscle tissue is likely.
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SUPERCOMPENSATION CYCLE Fatigue stage
After session + associated w/ a clear decline in perf. Red. Substrate stores, accumulation of by-products + tissue micro-damage.
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SUPERCOMPENSATION CYCLE Compensation
If an ind. rests = body begins to return to homeostasis = substrate stores replenished, fatigue inducing by-products removed + muscle damage repaired.
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SUPERCOMPENSATION CYCLE Super-compensation
Body overcompensates + biological capacities of ind. moves beyond state they were before training session. = New homeostatic level where things like: - Substrate levels ⬆️ more than before - Enzymes important for ATP prod. + removal of by-products may have ⬆️ in no. + activity.
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SUPERCOMPENSATION CYCLE What happens when an ind. is at peak of super compensation state?
Next training stimuli should be applied Fatigue will set in again + then another compensation phase followed by a super compensation phase will happen.
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SUPERCOMPENSATION CYCLE Supercompensation +ive response
By repeating cycle = progressive ⬆️ in homeostatic level + perf.
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Explain peaking
Super compensation must repeatedly occur in order to reach optimal perf. Peaking is when athlete enters super compensation at competition.
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What does perfect recovery time depend on?
Type, intensity + duration of preceding session Baseline fitness level Recovery strategies i.e nutrition
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What is the average time needed to recover from most strenuous training sessions?
24hrs
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What happens if training stimulus is repeatedly applied too early? i.e before homeostasis + perf. Is returned to baseline
Fatigue will ⬆️ Perf. will ⬇️ Body's ability to adapt will be compromised. -- Illustrated in the super compensation -ive graph.
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What can be the result of too much recovery?
Deterioration of adaptation No progressive perf. benefit
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In summary, what does the GAS describe?
The ST+LT effects of stress. Underpins our knowledge about training adapt.