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Exercise Physiology PDF
Exercise Physiology PDF
Methods:
1. Students will walk to the front entrance of the Library from the BUS stop in front of
Park Center.
2. Students will time the walk (min:sec)
3. Heart rate measurements (15 sec pulse) will be taken three times: beginning of
walk, at the front of the stadium, and at the end of walk at the BUS stop in front of
Park Center.
4. Age-predicted max HR will be calculated.
5. Calculate an average HR over the entire walk
6. Calculate what percent of max HR for the walk.
7. Assuming a linear relationship with VO2, calculate the same percent from their
VO2max (from last week’s lab)
8. Change relative units for VO2max into absolute units (ml/kg/min to L/min)
9. Assume 5 kcals used for each Liter of O2 consumed
10. Calculate total kcals for the entire walk
11. Assume 3500 kcals = 1 lb of fat, calculate how many trips to the Library to burn one
pound of fat….
220-23=197bpm
(111bpm)/(197bpm) =0.56
Use the equation on page 253 to estimate your VO2max or use the data from your 12
minute run for your VO2max estimation or from the first lab step test.
(VO2 (walk) in ml/kg/min (Step #3) divided by 1000) x body mass in kg = Absolute metabolic
cost of walk
22mL/kg/min/1L/1000mLx89kg= 1.96L/min
Absolute metabolic cost of walk * 5 kcals/L O2 consumed = kcals per minute of walk
Kacls per minute of walk * number of minutes of walk (change minutes into decimal; 10min,
30 sec would be 10.5 minutes)
Step 7. Number of walks (and weeks) to use 1 lb of fat walking up to the library
Assume 3500 kcals = 1lb of fat. Show all calculations
1. Which would give a person more energy so that they could walk farther, 22.5 grams of
carbohydrates or 10g of fat? (Hint: How many calories are in 1g of fat and 1g of
carbohydrates?)
They are both 90 calories so each person would burn the same amount of calories.
2. Why might everyone in the class have a different caloric expenditure if we all walked
the same path up to the library?
Everyone weighs different, has different VO2 max and everyone’s heart beats are
different. No ones caloric expenditure can be the same because of those reasons.
3. Would taking more frequent measures of heart rate impact our data? How so?
Yes, if we took more measures of our heart rate it would impact our data because
we would have a different average, which would give us a different walking time
having all out numbers be different.