Physiology of Sport & Exercise Bundled Exams with complete solutions

Training - Answer-complex series of actions aimed at influencing the development of performance in sport in systematic and goal-oriented way What are the 3 main principles of training an athlete? - Answer-Readiness, Potential, and Individual response Readiness - Answer-Able to handle the trainin...

responds to acute exercise Heart rate - Answer-(increasing HR) increasing in body core temperature, sympathetic nerves activity and respiratory rate responds to acute exercise Stroke volume - Answer-SV increases linearly up to exercise intensities of 40-60% of VO2max, after which point a plateau ...

Muscular Strength - Answer-maximal force that a muscle or muscle group can generate 1 rep max - Answer-maximal weight that can be lifted with a single effort muscular power - Answer-rate of performing work. power = force X (distance/time) muscular endurance - Answer-capacity to perform repeated ...

perimysium - Answer-The connective tissue sheath surrounding each muscle fasciculus Smooth muscle - Answer-involuntary, hollow organs Cardiac muscle - Answer-involuntary, heart Skeletal muscle - Answer-voluntary, skeleton, controls skeletal movements muscle fiber - Answer--an individual muscle ...

What does resistance training yield? - Answer-substantial strength gains What are the 2 primary mechanisms that control how muscles gain strength? - Answer-Hypertrophy and neural activation What is hypertrophy? - Answer-Muscle size & strength increases What is atrophy? - Answer-Muscle size & str...