Daniel Walden

Ex 480

02 Deficit and 02 Debt

Brian Tyo: Thursday @ 12:40

September 23, 2009

1. Graph the submaximal test for the data presented above. Plot each oxygen
uptake value at the midpoint of the collection time. Connect the date points,
identify the areas representing the oxygen deficit and the oxygen debt, and
shade in those areas.

2. Calculate O2 deficit, and the 02 debt for Part A.

a. Calculate an average for the 5 minutes of rest: [min 2 + min 3] / 2 = AVG

resting 02 debt

[.37 + .31] / 2 = .34 L/min

b. Find steady state and calculate an average value for the steady state
requirement:

[min 11 + min 12] / 2 = Exercise Steady State V02

[1.93 + 1.86] / 2 = 1.90 L/min

c. To calculate the oxygen deficit, subtract the values measure for minutes
6, 7, 8, and 9 from the average steady state value. Add these values to
obtain the oxygen missing at the onset of work—the oxygen deficit:

min 6: 1.9 - .68 = 1.22 Total 02 Deficit

min 7: 1.9 – 1.76 = .14 1.22+.14+.11+.04 = 1.51 L/min

 min 8: 1.9 – 1.79 = .11

min 9: 1.9 – 1.87 = .04

d. To calculate the oxygen debt subtract the average resting baseline value
from each value measured in minutes 13-20. Add these to obtain the oxygen
debt:

Oxygen debt in Minutes 13-20: V02 [for each minute] - .34 L/min = Debt for
each minute

Adding each minute’s debt up equals the total oxygen debt.

.94+.13+(-.03)+0+.02+(-.02)+(-.05)+(-.06) = .93 L of oxygen debt

3. What percent of total energy used during the seven minutes of exercise was
supplied by anaerobic pathways?

The total oxygen requirement for the entire bout is:

Steady State V02 (L/min) x Bout Duration (min) = Total Oxygen Requirement

1.9 (L/min) x 20 (min) = 38 L of 02

4. There are two components to the oxygen debt after submaximal exercise.
There is the fast component and a slow component. Historically, what were
the explanations given for the existence of the two components?

The fast component was explained by the quick replenishment of creatine

phosphate and the filling of depleted myoglobin oxygen stores. The slow
component was related to the lactic acid build up that had to be cleared in the
blood by the liver and then converted back to glucose via gluconeogenesis.

5. What is the current view proposed by Gaesser and Brooks to explain the
existence of the excess post-exercise oxygen consumption following
submaximal exercise?