Endurance
Please write an essay, answering the following…
No need for an introduction or conclusion
Regular endurance training promotes changes that increase the performance capacity of the endurance
athlete. (Please reference throughout).
(a) Write a detailed account of those cardio-respiratory parameters obtained from an incremental exercise test
that explains differences in endurance athletes’ performance.
Support your answer with reference to the scientific
literature. [50 marks]
(b) Describe the central physiological adaptations that are altered in response to a prescribed period of endurance-specific
training. Support your answer with reference to the scientific
literature. [50 marks]
Hi, Can you also please talk about the Peripheral changes in response to endurance training. Here are some suggestings to talk about and add lots of relevant research to,
Central adaptations and how they change in response to training which include…
1. Hypervolaemia
2. Myocardial hypertrophy
3. Angiogenesis
4. Mitochondria differentiation
3. Peripheral changes in response to endurance training [Hypertrophy of Type I muscle fibres, Increased number of capillaries per muscle fibre, Increased myoglobin content, Increased size & Number of mitochondria, increased mitochondrial capacity to generate ATP via Oxidative Phosphorylation, Increased capacity & rate of use of lipid, Increased capacity of CHO but lower rate of use as a fuel; hormonal adaptations to exercise and training]
