This unit examines the muscle metabolic and cardiovascular (CV) adaptations to endurance training (also known as aerobic training) in clinical populations and in healthy adults. To understand these adaptations the fundamental cardiorespiratory responses to exercise are first examined with an emphasis on the determinants of submaximal and maximal oxygen consumption, i.e. VO2, and VO2max. This forms the basis to understand the CV adaptations to endurance training and causes of increase in VO2max in healthy females and males of different ages, and in clinical conditions. In addition the metabolic adaptations to training are examined with an emphasis on how training decreases muscle lactate concentrations during submaximal exercise, and so reduces perceived exertion during exercise, increasing exercise capacity. The unit combines this biological approach with a parallel evidence-based development of practical guidelines for endurance training prescription, and examines the outcomes of endurance training in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses of RCTs in clinical conditions. Students gain skills a range of different methods to predict VO2max in practical sessions.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Movement Sciences |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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EXSS1036 or EXSS2032 |
Assumed knowledge
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BIOS1170 or BIOS2170 |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Tom Gwinn, tom.gwinn@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Suzie Mate, suzanne.mate@sydney.edu.au |
Tom Gwinn, tom.gwinn@sydney.edu.au |