EDKP 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Vo2 Max, Harvard Step Test, Heart Rate
19 Nov 2012
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Max testing- max effort: 2. 4km run favors runners (sport specific) Assessed based on time to complete run/walk. Should take part in ~6week exercise program before: 12 min run/swim test sport specific. Results are general approx: astrand-rhyming test. Should only be used on healthy young indiv. Underestimate vo2max find vo2max using ficks eqn (vo2max = max hr x. Sv x avo2 dif: step test least time consuming. Reasons: look for cardiovascular fitness, aerobic capacity, older people: vo2max needed in oder to live independently: Not always plausible: not available, time consuming, sport specific i. e. treadmill test not good for swimmers, max testing. Risk for certain indv (those w/ diseases, older people) Note: gender plays a large role in vo2 max. Females can not reach the same potential as men. Males: good 33-52. 9 (depending on age: excellent 38-53 (depending on age) Females: good 31-48. 9 (depending on age: excellent 35-49 (depending on age) Oxygen uptakes can predict caloric expenditure in aerobic activities.
