Question

Margot goes out for a run during week 15 of her training program. She runs for 60 minutes at 65% of her baseline VO2max. Discuss how her substrate oxidation profile is different now that she is more trained. What other training adaptations have occurred in response to 16 weeks of training (list 3).

Answer 1

During exercise, muscles require more oxygen to replenish ATP and released more carbon dioxide as a waste material. Therefore glycogen and glucose are the two substrate that are oxidized to produce more ATP. So, after exersining, the substrate oxidation increases . The training adaptation that have occurred in response to 16 weeks of training are muscles are more adapted to the exercise,strength of muscles increases and VO2 max also increases