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Scott K. Powers • Edward T. HowleyScott K. Powers • Edward T. HowleyScott K. Powers • Edward T. HowleyScott K. Powers • Edward T. Howley
Theory and Application to Fitness and PerformanceTheory and Application to Fitness and PerformanceSEVENTH EDITION
2. Provide evidence for and against the central nervous system being a site of fatigue.
3. Identify potential neural factors in the periphery that may be linked to fatigue.
4. Explain the role of cross-bridge cycling in fatigue.
5. Summarize the evidence on the order of recruitment of muscle fibers with increasing intensities of activity and the type of metabolism upon which each is dependent.
6. Describe the factors limiting performance in all-out activities lasting less than ten seconds.
7. Describe the factors limiting performance in all-out activities lasting 10 to 180 seconds.
8. Discuss the subtle changes in the factors affecting optimal performance as the duration of maximal performance increase from three minutes to four hours.
Increases in CNS arousal facilitate motor unit recruitment to increase strength and alter the state of fatigue.
The ability of the muscle membrane to conduct an action potential may be related to fatigue in activities demanding a high frequency of stimulation.
Repeated stimulation of the sarcolemma can result in a reduction in the size and frequency of action potentials; however, shifts in the optimal frequency needed for muscle activation preserve force output.
Under certain conditions an action potential block can occur in the t-tubule to result in a reduction in Ca+2 release from the SR.
The cross-bridge ability to “cycle” is important in continued tension development. Fatigue may be related to the effect of a high H+ concentration on the ability of troponin to bind to Ca+2, the inability of the sarcoplasmic reticulum to take up Ca+2, or the lack of ATP needed to dissociate the cross-bridge from actin.
Fatigue is directly associated with a mismatch between the rate at which the muscle uses ATP and the rate at which ATP can be supplied.
Cellular fatigue mechanisms slow down the rate of ATP utilization faster than the rate of ATP generation to preserve the ATP concentration and cellular homeostasis.
In events lasting less than ten seconds, optimal performance is dependent on the recruitment of appropriate type II fibers to generate the great forces needed.
Motivation or arousal is required, as well as the skill needed to direct the force.
The primary energy sources are anaerobic, with the focus on phosphocreatine.
In short-term performances lasting 10 to 180 seconds, there is a shift from 70% of the energy supplied anaerobically at 10 seconds to 60% being supplied aerobically at 180 seconds.
Anaerobic glycolysis provides a substantial portion of the energy, resulting in elevated lactate levels.
In moderate-length performances lasting three to twenty minutes, aerobic metabolism provides 60% to 90% of the ATP, respectively.
These activities require an energy expenditure near VO2
max, with type II fibers being recruited. Any factor interfering with oxygen delivery (e.g., altitude
or anemia) would decrease performance, since it is so dependent on aerobic energy production. High levels of lactate accompany these types of activities.
In long-term performances of one to four hours duration, environmental factors play a more important role as the muscle and liver glycogen stores try to keep up with the rate at which carbohydrate is used.
Diet, fluid ingestion, and the ability of the athlete to deal with heat and humidity all influence the final outcome.
2. Is the limiting factor for strength development located in the CNS or out in the periphery? Support your position.
3. Tracing the path the action potential takes from the time it leaves the motor end plate, where might the “weak link” be in the mechanisms coupling excitation to contraction?
4. When fatigue occurs, there is still ATP present in the cell. What is the explanation for this?
5. Describe the pattern of recruitment of muscle fiber types during activities of progressively greater intensity, and explain them.
6. As the duration of maximal effort increases from less than ten seconds to 10 to 180 seconds, what factor becomes limiting in terms of energy production?
7. Draw a diagram of the factors limiting maximal running performances of 1,500 m to 10,000 m.
8. While a high VO2 max is essential to world-class performance, what role does running economy play in a winning performance?
9. Given that lactate accumulation will adversely affect endurance, what test might be an indicator of maximal sustained running (swimming, cycling) speed?
10. What is the role of environmental factors, such as altitude and heat, in very long-distance performances of one to four hours’ duration?