NORTH WEST KENT COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF SPORT & LEISURE
FOUDATION DEGREE in SPORTS SCIENCE
Human Responses to Sports & Exercise
Assessment Task 1 Workbook
Student Name: Daniel Kelly
Instructions:
Read the information provided, and answer the questions. Please note that your answers should be concise, to the point, and include brief explanation.
Part A:
Scenario: You are a fitness coach and are instructing a personal fitness training session for an athlete in a gym. The session involves cardiovascular and resistance training.
Questions:
1. You noticed that heart rate increased immediately before exercise (above resting levels). Why is this the case?
Heart rate may increase before the start of any exercise; this is due to an involuntary …show more content…
Questions:
1. In terms of muscle fibres, what long-term changes might occur due to the treadmill exercise?
After 20 weeks of training, as treadmill exercises are generally aerobic and endurance related. During aerobic exercise the muscle is extracting oxygen from the blood supply to feed the muscles with sufficient energy, over a 20 week period the capacity of capillaries may have adapted and increased so that the capacity for oxygen exchange between tissue and capillaries can be improved and this would lead to a better control of metabolism in muscle fibres. Due to the change in the muscle fibres more oxygen is being provided and this leads to a better physical performance.
2. The athlete took a blood test at 0 weeks and 20 weeks of training and found an increase in erythropoietin at 20 weeks? Explain how this might benefit his performance?
Hormones/ the amount of red blood cells produced for muscles more oxygen higher stroke volume.
3. The athlete is now better at performing a single-leg squat that he was 20 weeks ago, claiming his balance is better. What adaptations have contributed towards this
DEPARTMENT OF SPORT & LEISURE
FOUDATION DEGREE in SPORTS SCIENCE
Human Responses to Sports & Exercise
Assessment Task 1 Workbook
Student Name: Daniel Kelly
Instructions:
Read the information provided, and answer the questions. Please note that your answers should be concise, to the point, and include brief explanation.
Part A:
Scenario: You are a fitness coach and are instructing a personal fitness training session for an athlete in a gym. The session involves cardiovascular and resistance training.
Questions:
1. You noticed that heart rate increased immediately before exercise (above resting levels). Why is this the case?
Heart rate may increase before the start of any exercise; this is due to an involuntary …show more content…
Questions:
1. In terms of muscle fibres, what long-term changes might occur due to the treadmill exercise?
After 20 weeks of training, as treadmill exercises are generally aerobic and endurance related. During aerobic exercise the muscle is extracting oxygen from the blood supply to feed the muscles with sufficient energy, over a 20 week period the capacity of capillaries may have adapted and increased so that the capacity for oxygen exchange between tissue and capillaries can be improved and this would lead to a better control of metabolism in muscle fibres. Due to the change in the muscle fibres more oxygen is being provided and this leads to a better physical performance.
2. The athlete took a blood test at 0 weeks and 20 weeks of training and found an increase in erythropoietin at 20 weeks? Explain how this might benefit his performance?
Hormones/ the amount of red blood cells produced for muscles more oxygen higher stroke volume.
3. The athlete is now better at performing a single-leg squat that he was 20 weeks ago, claiming his balance is better. What adaptations have contributed towards this