Week 4 Flashcards

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Why do we care about VO2max?

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Higher VO2max= reduced risk of all-cause mortality

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How does VO2 max predict performance?

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General pop–> valuable indicator of performance (wide range of fitness levels)
Elite athletes–> All other variables determine performance

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What is VO2max?

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Measurement of the maximum rate of oxygen consumption by an individual using oxidative phosphorylation within the mitochondria
*best measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness

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What is VO2 max maximal activity of?

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Heart, lungs, circulation and diffusion of O2 into active tissue

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VO2max- activity of heart

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CO (LV pumping blood)

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VO2max- activity of lungs

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O2 diffusion into blood

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VO2max- activity of circulation

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O2 carrying capacity as determined by Hb conc

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VO2max- activity of diffusion

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Diffusion of O2 into active muscle–>CapD (K) and mito capacity (Plo)

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How does training improve the factors leading to VO2max?

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-Improved activity of heart (Increases CO)
-Improves O2 carrying capacity
-Improved CapD and mito capacity

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Can training improve VO2 max?

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Yes but there is a limit to how high we can push VO2max through training alone

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What physiological change doesn’t occur with training?

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No changes to lungs

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How does David Roche suppose we can augment performance once we reach VO2 limit?

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  • sodium bicarbonate
  • downhill running
  • high-carb fuelling
  • super shoes
  • post-exercise exogenous ketones
  • heat training
  • caffeine
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Types of doping

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  1. Asthma medication
  2. Blood doping
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Doping- asthma medication

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Short-acting beta agonists (SABAs) help open airways (dilation of bronchioles to increase O2 diffusion into blood)

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Impact of SABAs

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Minimal impact on performance or VO2max in healthy athletes

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Types of blood doping

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  1. IV infusion
  2. EPO supplementation
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Impact of blood doping

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Very effective; Increases BV to increase CO and Hb to increase O2 carrying capacity

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Relative energy deficiency syndrome (REDS)

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-Overtraining
-Reduced performance and no training adaptations
-Sometimes not about the training but rather about fueling w nutrition

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How can we measure VO2max?

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Step test
–>Incremental test
–>RAMP test

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Step test

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Sequential steps of increasing intensity; allows to us to determine VO2max by seeing at which point there is an inability to increase VO2, despite increases in WR

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Plateau in VO2

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Despite increases in power output/WR, there are no further increases in VO2

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Incremental test

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Step test w no rest btwn increasing intensities
ie. bike and treadmill test

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RAMP test

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Constantly gradually increasing intensity

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VO2 peak

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Highest (peak) VO2 observed during an incremental/RAMP protocol; not necessarily the max, need another test to confirm

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What would the minimum intensity be for a confirmation stage?
1 W above CP--> must be IN severe intensity domain
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When is VO2 peak equal to VO2 max?
Almost always, but you can’t call it VO2 max unless you actually confirm it (confirmation stage )
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How can you find VO2 max without directly testing it?
1. Aerobic power 2. Prediction equations
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Example of an aerobic power test
Incremental treadmill test to see how long people last (time to fatigue)= aerobic power
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Aerobic power
Highest power supported by aerobic metabolism Can can be used to predict mortality risk Correlates with VO2 max
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Example of how a prediction equation can be developed
Measuring peak WR and corresponding VO2 to develop a prediction equation to estimate VO2 max
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Prediction equation for VO2
VO2= 500(estimated resting VO2) + (WR (Watts) * 10mL/Watt)
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Are prediction equations accurate?
There are inaccuracies when estimating using prediction equations but if you understand them you can still use the equations
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WRpeak
Highest WR in RAMP or incremental test
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Is WR max seen on an incremental test?
NO, its WRpeak
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What does a higher WRpeak mean?
Longer time on treadmill= higher VO2 max
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How can we determine performance?
WR (W)/ bodyweight (kg)
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What terms are synonymous with VO2max?
Cardiorespiratory endurance, aerobic capacity, or cardiorespiratory fitness
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Factors that influence a participant's VO2max
- heredity - sex - age - training status - mode of exercise
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Cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) each stage duration
1-3 min
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What is a steady state in the CPET?
Point where aerobic metabolism contributes 100% of the energy requirement at a given absolute intensity
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How long is total testing time for a CPET?
8-15min
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Criteria to determine if VO2max has been met
1. Vo2 plateaus (increases <150ml/min) despite an increase in WR 2. HR during the last stage is no more than 10bpm below the participant's age-predicted maximal heart rate 3. Respiratory exchange ratio is greater then 1.1 in final work state 4. Rating of perceived exertion is greater than 17 on Borg scale
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How many of the criteria for VO2 max must be met?
2/4
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Ventilatory threshold (VT)
The point where ventilation increases disproportionately to oxygen consumption
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Pattern of VO2 during CPET
Linear function of power output up to VO2max
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Pattern of ventilation during CPET
Linear only during exercise requiring approximately 55 –75% VO2 max and after this point, VE increases at a steeper rate
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Between which domains does VT1 occur?
Moderate and heavy
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Between which domains does VT2 occur?
Heavy and severe
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Why does ventilation increase more steeply in the heavy- compared to moderate intensity domain
Increased anaerobic metabolism (glycogen usage) Greater flux through PDH results in an increase in the VCO2/VO2 ratio
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Why does ventilation increase even more steeply from heavy to severe intensity domain?
Further increases in VCO2 via bicarbonate buffering of H+ to CO2
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RER in moderate intensity
0.8
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RER in heavy intensity domain
0.9-1.0
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CHO RER in severe intensity domain
>1.0
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FFA RER in severe intensity domain
0.7
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How to calculate RER
VCO2/VO2
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What happens to RER if VCO2 increases?
RER increases
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What happens to RER if VO2 increases?
RER decreases
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VO2 max prediction ACSM equation- running
VO2MAX= (0.2 x speed) + (0.9 x speed x functional grade%) + 3.5
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VO2 max prediction ACSM equation- walking
VO2MAX= (0.1 x speed) + (1.8 x speed x functional grade%) + 3.5
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VO2 max prediction FRIEND equation
VO2max= speed x (0.17 + fractional grade x 0.79) + 3.5
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Units for VO2max
mL/kg/min
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What does the ventilatory threshold indicate?
Abrupt increase in blood lactate and decrease in blood pH
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Ventilation and ability to speak
Moderate--> can talk Heavy--> out of breath Severe--> cant talk
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Factors that effect Vo2 max - heredity
25-50% is considered genetic
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Factors that effect Vo2 max - sex
Male values 15-20% higher
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Factors that effect Vo2 max - age
Declines 8% per decade from age 20 on
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Factors that effect Vo2 max - training status
Possible 6-25% improvement with training
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Factors that effect Vo2 max - mode of exercise
More muscle recruitment= greater VO2 max values