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Endurance TrainingTapering EXS 558 Dr. Moran Wednesday November 9, 2005 Lecture Outline Review Questions Concurrent Training Periodization Endurance Training (Chapter 9) “Optimizing Endurance Training” Dalleck Kravitz (2004) Lactic Acid Metabolism Tapering “Scientific Bases for Precompetition Tapering Strategies” Mujika Padilla (2003) “Physiological responses to a 6-d taper in middle-distance runners: influence of training intensity and volume Review Question #1 1.) For an endurance athlete why would a concurrent resistance training program appear to be non-beneficial? MacDougal et al. (1979) stated that with increased muscle mass the productivity of mitochondria is reduced. Since mitochondria are the workhorses of oxidative metabolism it would appear that a resistance training program may compromise an endurance training program. Review Question #2 2.) Hickson et al. (1980) showed that a resistance training program can actually ENHANCE endurance performance. How did the authors speculate this was possible? What types of subjects were tested in this study? This studies had UNTRAINED subjects perform a concurrent training program and endurance was measured as the time to exhaustion on a cycle and treadmill protocol. The authors speculated that improved glycolytic enzymatic capacity and improved NM adaptations improved endurance in these subjects. Review Question #3 3.) With regards to trained endurance athletes, the addition of a concurrent resistance program of 3x a week has what effect on endurance capabilities (performance, lactate threshold, maximal aerobic capacity)? The addition of a low-weight, high-repetition resistance training program performed 3x a week has NO effect on hampering positive endurance adaptations during a training program. Review Question #4, 5 4.) What is the major reason why studies investigating the addition of an endurance training program on maximal strength gains have been inconclusive? These studies have used dif