Vo2 Max Experiment

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In the above graph I have plotted the Pre Training %Vo2 Max compares to Lactate. At about the 75%-80% of the %Vo2 Max is when the subject started to accumulate lactate.
The energy systems that I believe were used through the Vo2 Max test are ATP-PC and Glycolysis both fast and slow. I believe that the ATP-PC was used in the first 10-15seconds of activity after that it cannot make any more energy and the body turns to glycolysis (Kelso). The body would first enter fast glycolysis which would last up to about 50 seconds before turning over to slow glycolysis, the reason it switches is lactate starts to build up this where you see the first jump in a normal looking Lactate graph, and a result of that is a power decrease from muscle fatigue …show more content…

Slow glycolysis is kind of different though. Relatively less power is generated but pyruvic …show more content…

These hormones increase blood glucose and are important for increasing force production, muscle contraction rate, and energy production i.e., the synthesis of ATP-the energy currency of cells (Kraemer). These hormones actually begin to rise prior to the training workouts. This is an anticipatory response of the body preparing for the challenging exercise to follow (Kraemer).
The recovery stayed the same from Pre to Post Vo2. His HR and BP went back to normal numbers and his lactate rose then leveled off then started to decrease.
Endurance training improves cardiovascular and muscle function. It is now accepted that an important component of the effects of exercise training involves modifications of skeletal muscle energy metabolism, and that these effects participate in the beneficial effects of training (Moore). Adaptive responses of the heart to endurance training include resting and submaximal exercise bradycardia and increase in end-diastolic dimension. This leads to nonpathological cardiac hypertrophy, improved ventricular function and increase in the resistance of the heart to ischemic insult

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