Topic 2.2 CV Adaptations & Maximal Oxygen Consumption

Topic 2.2 CV Adaptations & Maximal Oxygen Consumption

Multiple Choice

What is an adaptation of endurance training?

• increased heart rate

• decreased stroke volume

• decrease in arterio-venous difference

• increase in capillarisation around the skeletal muscle

Open Ended

Describe the cardiovascular adaptations that result from endurance training (5 marks)

Open Ended

What is maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max)?

Open Ended

Explain the difference between the A-V O2 difference of children and adults?

Open Ended

What is the advantage of using a relative measure of VO2 Max as opposed to Absolute VO2 max?

Open Ended

Explain why a fitness trainer can expect maximal oxygen consumption to vary for a family of females and males, children and adults (4 marks)

Open Ended

Explain why maximal oxygen consumption data is presented in liters per minute (Lmin-1) and in mililitres per kilogram per minute (ml kg-1min-1) (2 marks)