aerobic endurance Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
... endurance ( aerobic fitness, cardiorespiratory endurance ) The capacity to continue prolonged physical activity and withstand fatigue . The level of aerobic endurance is reflected by the length of time an aerobic exercise involving large muscle groups (e.g. running, cycling, and swimming) can be performed. It depends on the ability of the lungs and heart to take in and transport adequate amounts of oxygen to working muscles, and on the ability of the muscles to extract and use the oxygen efficiently. Most sports scientists regard maximal oxygen...
aerobic endurance
The capacity to continue prolonged physical activity and withstand fatigue. The level of aerobic endurance is reflected by the length of time an aerobic exercise involving large muscle groups (e.g. ...
percentage change in maximal aerobic power
A measure of the effect of ageing on aerobic fitness. The percentage change in maximal aerobic power: (VO2max) = VO2max at age x years—VO2max at age x + y years/VO2max at x years × 100. Maximal ...
medium-term endurance
The ability to sustain a strenuous activity which has a duration of 2–10 min. Electroencephalographs and electromyographs indicate that medium term endurance is associated with a high level of ...
endurance exercise
Endurance is the time for which a specified power output, force, or speed of movement can be maintained. Endurance exercise refers to sports and activities such as marathon running which are ...
expedition-type endurance
A special type of endurance that enables participants to successfully complete demanding expedition-type events (long duration, ultra-long distance activities). In addition to aerobic fitness, ...
aerobic low intensity training
Training designed to improve endurance. It consists of exercising either continuously or intermittently with a mean heart rate around 160 beats min−1. Work periods, even in intermittent training, ...
long-term endurance
The ability to sustain a strenuous activity for 10 min or longer. Such endurance is associated with recruitment of mainly slow-twitch muscle fibres, and the energy is supplied mainly by the aerobic ...
energy system
A metabolic system for generating energy. There are three main systems, an aerobic system, an anaerobic ATP-PCr energy system (sometimes called the phosphagen system), and the anaerobic lactate ...
circuit training
Training that involves performing selected exercises or activities at a series of stations (typically 6–10). The stations form a circuit through which a person progresses either as quickly as ...
aerobic exercise
Exercise of relatively low intensity and long duration, which uses large muscle groups and depends on the aerobic energy system. As exercise intensity decreases and duration increases, fat becomes ...
Cureton's tables
A set of tables based on over 100 parameters that indicate aerobic endurance. The parameters include pulmonary gas and blood examinations, ECGs, heart rate, and blood pressure.
periodic load test
An aerobic endurance test in which the subject performs successive phases of activity at one intensity level with rest periods between each phase. See also interval training.
circuit resistance training
A combination of circuit training and resistance training. Typically, it involves working at 40–60% of maximum strength for 30 s with a 15-s recovery period. Circuit resistance training improves ...
shuttle run test
A test of aerobic endurance performed by running back and forth between two lines, 20 m apart on a flat, even, and slip-resistant surface. The subject runs at a set pace, which is increased at 1-min ...
one-leg study
A physiological study in which one leg of each subject is treated differently to the other leg: for example, a group of subjects may perform one-leg endurance training on a cycle ergometer for ...
cross-training
Training that involves more than one type of activity to exercise different muscle groups and provide variety. A cyclist, for example, in addition to cycling may include jogging and swimming in a ...
LSD training
Long-slow duration training performed at 60–80% of maximal heart rate (seldom above 160 beats min−1 for a young athlete and 140 beats min−1 for an older athlete). This form of continuous training is ...
lactate threshold
The point during exercise of increasing intensity at which blood lactate begins to accumulate significantly above resting levels. There are several different methods of estimating the threshold. They ...
Ratzeburg method
A training method devised in the 1950s by the West German coach Karl Adam and used by the rowing club Ratzeburg R.C. The Ratzeburg method is a combination of interval training (to achieve peak ...
