This in-depth lecture on Sports Physiology, presented by Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology at CIMS Multan, provides a rich and detailed analysis of the physiological processes that impact athletic performance. The lecture begins by exploring the different muscle metabolic systems, includi...
This in-depth lecture on Sports Physiology, presented by Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology at CIMS Multan, provides a rich and detailed analysis of the physiological processes that impact athletic performance. The lecture begins by exploring the different muscle metabolic systems, including the phosphagen system, glycogen-lactic acid system, and aerobic metabolism, and their role in fueling different types of exercise (aerobic vs. anaerobic).
Dr. Faiza sheds light on the gender differences in sports performance, emphasizing how body composition, muscle mass, and hormonal influences like testosterone and estrogen affect male and female athletes differently. The discussion moves on to muscle characteristics, including strength, power, and endurance, and how these traits are influenced by factors such as genetics, training, and VO2 max.
The lecture also addresses the concept of oxygen debt, exploring how oxygen consumption remains elevated post-exercise to help restore the body’s metabolic balance. Detailed insights into pulmonary ventilation during exercise and the concept of oxygen-diffusing capacity in athletes further highlight how respiratory and cardiovascular systems adapt to meet the demands of physical exertion.
Key components of athletic training, such as muscle hypertrophy, fatigue, and the role of nutrient replenishment, are examined, with real-life examples like Manjit Singh’s world record for pulling a double-decker bus serving as illustrative case studies. The lecture also includes a discussion on the physiological adaptations to endurance training, such as heart hypertrophy, increased stroke volume, and enhanced cardiac output.
Dr. Faiza touches on the impact of external conditions like high-altitude training and exercise in hot climates, highlighting the importance of proper acclimatization and electrolyte balance to prevent conditions like exercise-associated hyponatremia. Additionally, the lecture covers the physiological impact of drugs like caffeine, androgens, and amphetamines on athletic performance.
By the end of this lecture, students will have a comprehensive understanding of the metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory adaptations involved in exercise and how these adaptations are affected by factors such as training, genetics, and external conditions.
This lecture is invaluable for medical students, physiology students, and sports science professionals who are looking to deepen their understanding of the relationship between physiology and exercise performance. It also provides insights into practical considerations for athletes, trainers, and sports medicine professionals.
Who Should Watch?
Medical students interested in learning how physiological concepts apply to exercise and sports performance.
Physiology students looking to explore muscle and metabolic systems.
Sports medicine professionals seeking to understand the physiological impact of training and fatigue.
Trainers and athletes
* Correlate the various muscle metabolic systems used as energy
substrates with the type of exercise ie. aerobic and anaerobic.
+ Explain how each of the following can alter exercise performance:
types of exercise, muscle fatigue, VO2max, ws!”
* anaerobic threshold, gender, and age -( 5‘
* Describe the concept of oxygen debto to
« Explain oxygen consumption and pulmonary ventilation during
exercise
+ Analyze the respiratory and cardiovascular adaptations to exercise.
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. Athletic training .
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. VO2 Max
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* Differences caused EF Girrences| in body size, body composition, and
hormones-@\' °
. Generally, females have lower values than in men- differen’ muscle
mass
* Strength per square centimeter of cross-. -sectional area: similar among
males and females Las”
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+ Fatty mass vs muscular mass '
* Testosterone vs estrogen
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area ae 40\
+ Holding strength of muscles 40% > contractile strength \\ i
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+ Amount of force applied by the muscle multiplied by the distance over which
the force is applied
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kg-m/min
* Depends on: First 8 to 10 seconds 7000
a Strength of muscle contract! Elie 4000
* Distance of contraction
+ Number of times that it Cont Next 30 minutes 1700
+ Measured in kilogram meters (kg-m) per minute.
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Next 1 minute
Next 30 minutes
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. Depends on the nutritive support for the muscle
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Minutes g/kg Muscle
High-carbohydrate diet 240 > High-carbohydrate diet 40
Mixed diet 120 Mixed diet 20
High-fat diet 85 High-fat diet 6
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Glycogen-Lactic Acid and Aerobic Systems
800-meter dash
200-meter swim
1500-meter skating
Boxing
2000-meter rowing
1500-meter run
1-mile run
400-meter swim
Aerobic System
10,000-meter skating
Cross-country skiing
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. Phosphocreatine r&bnistitutes ATP,
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* Oxidative metabolism reconstitutes_all Gé other systems—the ATP,
phosphocreatine, and elveogen-tache acid systems
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* Excessive ‘buildup KR acid: Muscle fatigue
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+ Some is converted back Into pyrevicácid ánd then metabolized oxidatively by
the body tissues
+ Remaining lactic acid is reconverted into glucose mainly in the liver, and the
glucose in turn is used to replenish the glycogen stores of the muscles
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* Oxygen debt. ; Y
. Depletiorióé Älyeogen stores of the muscle
Oxygen Debt
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the oxygen \' uptake still
remains’above normal
At first it is very high while the
body is reconstituting the
phosphagen system and Fo
repaying the stored oxygén
portion of the oxygen debt
Rate of oxygen uptake (L/min)
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‚Alactacid oxygen debt = 3.5 liters
Exercise
Lactic acid oxygen debt = 8 liters
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44
Minutes
Oxygen Debt
2 liters of stored fn'b body
+ 0.5 liter in the‘ air of the lungs
+ 0.25 liter dissolved in the body
fluids
+1 liter combined with the
hemoglobin of the blood
« 0.3 liter stored in with myoglobin
+ All this stored oxygen is used
within a minute or so for aerobic
metabolism.
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Alactacid oxygen debt = 3.5 liters
Lactic acid oxygen debt = 8 liters
Rate of oxygen uptake (L/min)
Exercise
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44
Minutes
Oxygen Debt O
After the exercise is AE EY
cat?!
+ 2L: nene of stored oxygen
+ 9L: Reconstitution of the
phosphagen system and the lactic,
acid system. „ee
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+ “repaid,” about 11.5 liters, oxygen
debt
Rate of oxygen uptake (L/min)
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Lactic acid oxygen debt = 8 liters
0
4 8
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+ May take as s long a as ¿01 min
. Stimulus S@¢htilation after exercise is not the arterial Pco2 or Po2
+ But the elevated arterial H+ concentration due to the lace + @didemia.
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2. Muscle characteristics (Strength, Power, and Endurance)
3. Metabolic sources of energy
4. Muscle fatigue c enw?
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6. Genetic Determinants or vorn
7. VO2 Max
Effect of Athletic Training on Muscles and
Muscle Performance
+ Maximal Resistance Training Increases Muscle
Strength
+ Prolonged muscle work under no load vs
resistence training
+ Nearly maximal muscle contractions performed in
three sets 3 days a week give approximately
optimal increase in muscle strength without
producing chronic muscle fat
+ Muscle Hypertrophy vs atrophy
Effect of Athletic Training ‚onMuscles and
Muscle Performance"
Hereditary Differences Among Athletes id
Fast-Twitch versus Slow! ‘Twitch Muscle Fibers: **
Fast-Twitch Fiber Slow-Twitch Fiber
Marathoners 18 82 0
Swimmers 26 74
Average male 5b) 45
Weight lifters 55 45
Sprinters 63 37
Jumpers 63 37
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oxidG tds snosphorylation High Low
capacity SON of
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glycolysis € C ‘Po
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Capillaries vay Few
Myoglobin content High Low
Color of fiber Red White
Glycogen content Low High
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* Contractile activity and loss of trophic factors from neurons (Ach o\ Ô € 3"
+ Age-related atrophy/ sarcopenia, ¢ ew )
* occurs naturally with aging, Beginning at re years of age,
* Progressive loss of motor neurons, Partieutariy f fast-glycolytic fiber types.
+ Reduced rates of protein synthesis! CA
. pavers hormone levels (growth hormone, testosterone, and insulin-like growth
actor-
+ Resistance training exercise and proper diet can slow the rate of development of
sarcopenia
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Which one of the\ “following is the major limiting factor in the
delivery, of oxygen to the muscles during maximal muscle
aerobic metabolism? Why?
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+ Circulatory system or à
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. Gender diffe ancl?”
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Characteristic
Myosin-ATPase activity
Speed of contraction
Resistance to fatigue
Oxidative phosphorylatio
capacity
Enzymes for anaerobic
glycolysis
Mitochondria
Capillaries
Myoglobin content
Color of fiber
Glycogen content
Slow-Oxidative Fast-Oxidative Fast-Glycolytic
(Type 1) Fiber
(Type lla) Fiber (Type IIx) Fiber
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table 48 Summary of Respiratory Responses to Exercise ES El
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Parameter e nat «Gites ted rá
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CO, production x eilt
Ventilation rate ¿O EN
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Athletically trained average male 4000
Male marathon runner 5100
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Total ventilation (L/min)
120
110
100
80
60
40
20
0
+ Moderate] Severe
exercise | exercise
1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
O, consumption (L/min)
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Limits of pulmonary ventilation
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OU * Pulmonary ventilation at 100-110 EN
maximal exercise A cove dio
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Maximal breathing capacity 150-170
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Safety factor for athletes, \
+ Exercise at high altitudes
+ Exercise under very hot conditions
+ Abnormalities in the respiratory system
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. Athletic training
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. Traine or genetically 3.8
28 T LE T T T T
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Weeks of training
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*Milliliters of. oxygen “that will
diffuse each minute for each
millimeter of mercury difference ‘
between alveolar partial pressure Ñ ml/min
of oxygen and pulmonary blood
oxygen pressure
Nonathlete at rest 23
„.Nonathlete during maximal exercise 48
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nt \"@ Speed skater during maximal exercise 64
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* Endurance training Major swimmer during maximal exercise 71
determinant Oarsman during maximal exercise 80
Ventilation (L/min)
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respiration to be stimulated in exercise.
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signals that are transmitted from the brain’ to the muscles to cause
the exercise. eater
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* Sensory signals transmitted into the respiratory center from the
contracting muscles and moving joints.
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* The oxygen-hemöglobin dissociation
curve -worksi Steep
+ Rightward shift if O2-Hb dissociation
curve
+ Accumulation of CO2
* Rise in body temperature < )
«Rise in red blood“
diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG)
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cell
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Oxygen hemoglotin dissociation curve.
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Parameter Response
0, consumption
CO, production
Ventilation rate
Arterial Po, and Pco,
Arterial pH
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Constriction of arterioles
(splanchnic and renal)
v
Constriction of veins
À Venous return
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À Vasodilator metabolites
Dilation of
arterioles
YTPR
v
skeletal muscle
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Work Output, Oxygen Consumption, and
Cardiac Outen During: Exercise
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Cardiac output in a young man at rest 5.5 À
Maximal cardiac output during exercise in a 23
young untrained man
Maximal cardiac output during exercise in an 30
average male marathoner
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Effect of Training on Heart, Hypertrophy ands
on Cardiac Output. ¿a ee ace
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* Endurance training!
be Table 85-2 Comparison of Cardiac Function Between
* Heart cham ers enlarge Marathoner and Nonathlete
0,
about 40% Stroke Volume Heart Rate
Type of Athlete (ml) (beats/min)
1 Resting
+ Heart mass also increases Monainidte 75 75
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40% or more eN Marathoner 105 50
\J Maximum
A A Nonathlet 110 195
* But Cardiac output is normal era’
Marathoner 162 185
at rest
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Table 85-2 Comparison of Cardiac Function Between
Marathoner and Nonathlete
Stroke Volume Heart Rate
Type of Athlete (ml) (beats/min)
Resting
Nonathlete 75 75
Marathoner 105 50
Maximum
Nonathlete 110 195
Marathoner 162 185
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Stroke volume (ml/beat)
165
150
135
120
105
5
Stroke volume
Heart rate
10 15 20 25
Cardiac output (L/min)
30
190
170
150
130
110
90
70
50
Heart rate (beats/min)
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Relation of Cardiovascular Performance to Wi
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+ During maximal SiÉrlico, cardiac output is about 90% of the
maximum that the person can achieve,
+ In contrast to about 65% of maximum for pulmonary ventilation,
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+ Therefore, one can readily see that the cardiovascular system is
normally much more limiting. 9h7V0'2max than is the respiratory
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delivery, of oxygen to the muscles during maximal muscle
aerobic metabolism? Why?
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Summary of Effects of Exercise
Parameter Effect
Heart rate tt
Stroke volume it
Cardiac output 11
Arterial pressure 1 (slight)
Pulse pressure 1 (due to increased stroke volume)
TPR 11 (due to vasodilation of skeletal muscle beds
AV 0, difference 11 (due to increased 0, consumption)
Effect of Heart Disease and Old
Athletic Performance.|° ON
* Cardiac lides and GRR ver
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Thousands suffer heat stress on hajj
pilgrimage as temperatures reach 48C
People struggling in the swelter was a common sight, especially
after day-long outdoor prayers at Mount Arafat
HEAT EXHAUSTIONA : ::
HEAT EXHAUSTION SYMPTOMS HEAT STROKE SYMPTOMS
. Headache 7 ing unwell after 30 minutes of
. Dizziness and confusion , ina E place and drinking
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while feeling too hot
ure above 40C
“et ‘skin
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ag en > hai m or shortness of breath
dg Sram 5...
The symptoms are often the same in aquiés ad children, a A fit (Seizure)
although children may become floppy aNd's cone ous
HOW TO TREAT ce can be very serious if not treated quickly
» Move to a cooler location
l Get them to lie down and raise their feet lightiy HOW TO TREAT
| Get them to drink plenty of water. Sports orre- 1. Call 999
hydration drinks are ok.
2. Put them in the recovery position if they
. Cool their skin—spray or sponge them with cool lose consciousness while you are waiting
water and fan them. Cold packs around the arm- for help
pits or neck are good too.
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Body Fluids and Salt in Exercise +
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a Replacement ¢ of Sodium Chloride and Potassium
. Acclimatization over a period of 1 to 2 weeks
*Sweat gland acclimatization results mainly fo OS based
aldosterone secretion by the adrenal cortex com
« Exercise-associated hyponatremia (low plasma’ m concentration)
* Properly proportioned amounts ' a potassium along with sodium,
usually in the form of fruit juices
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* Caffeine a
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. amphetamines and cocaine
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« Fatigue progresses Whe sensation of exhaustion.
. Fatigue is Produced i in part by
. bolnbardment of the brain by neural impulses from muscles,,
* Decline in blood pH produced by lactic acidosis c NUE O\
+ Rise in body temperature cl eS | Y
* Dyspnea, nid