NUTRITION IN SPORT
Introduction The performance of sport, as with all physical exercise, is dependent upon the coordinated acti- vation of the athl ...
activated muscle is traditionally referred to as isometric. Force is developed but, as there is no movement, no work is performe ...
quantifying exercise is with SI units. The bout of exercise can be described as follows: Power developed on the ergometer: 300 W ...
athlete can generate. The final burst of power (or ‘kick’) results from a combination of high utiliza- tion of both anaerobic gl ...
power output falls to approximately 2000 W. It is at power productions of 1500–1800 W that the maximum oxygen uptake (V . o2max. ...
tion and the range for maximum aerobic power would constitute approximately 30% of maxi- mum power production (Fig. 1.3). In Fig ...
age body fat. Therefore, each muscle is made up of cells representing the four basic tissue groups: muscle, connective, nervous ...
aerobic metabolism. For example, a marathon runner can utilize over 12 000 repeated muscle actions of each leg in completing the ...
ance in the blood of lactic acid, as related to the anaerobic metabolism. For the athlete performing aerobic exercise under most ...
completely saturated with O 2 obtained from the alveoli. It should be noted that, at the high- est levels of oxygen uptake, high ...
Q . ), the total circulating haemoglobin and the capillarization of the skeletal muscles that are involved. Such conditioning al ...
season, the physical condition of the athlete, pro- gramme variation for both physiological and psychological considerations and ...
A combination of strength and anaerobic conditioning, as appropriate to sprinters, results in some hypertrophy and an increase i ...
skeletal muscles and liver are optimal as the event starts. Skeletal muscle cells will depend both on endogenous glycogen stores ...
Introduction Answers to questions in exercise physiology and sports nutrition, including the most fundamental ones such as the c ...
coplasmic reticulum, and in the absence of calcium, the myosin-binding sites on actin are physically blocked by the tropomyosin ...
the myosin head changes from its activated con- figuration to its bent shape, which causes the head to pull on the thin filament ...
acid accumulates quickly in these fibres and they fatigue rapidly. Hence, these fibres are best suited for delivering rapid, pow ...
chemical energy in the form of ATP; in fact, energy from the hydrolysis of ATP is harnessed to power all forms of biological wor ...
cules of ADP to generate one molecule of ATP (and one molecule of adenosine monophos- phate, AMP). This reaction is catalysed by ...
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