Hot Topics in Sports Endurance by Chase Banks

Hot Topics in Sports Endurance


Endurance (also called sufferance) is the ability for one to exert his or herself for a long period of time.
-Training for endurance can have a negative impact on the ability to exert strength unless an individual also undertakes resistance training to counteract this effect…Hickson, R.C. (1980). "Interference of strength development by simultaneously training for strength and endurance". European Journal of Applied Physiology.


1. Anaerobic VS Aerobic activity
-Vasodilatory effects
*red blood cell priming and oxygen saturation
*erythropoietin (EPO)
-burst and recovery

2. Carbohydrate metabolism
-statistics…year 2025…year 2050
-Insulin and respectability
-Glycemic index and load (65 & 65)
-When and how to load?

3. Protein metabolism
-myths and theories
-Gluconeogenisis & Pentose phosphate pathway (glutathione?)
-how much is too much?

4. Supplements

-L-Glutathione {Reduced glutathione helps prevent the oxidation of the iron in hemoglobin from Fe(II) to Fe(III). Hemoglobin containing Fe(III) is not effective in binding O2}
*up to 250mg 2x/day

-SOD {superoxide dismutase} Simply stated, SOD outcompetes damaging reactions of superoxide, thus protecting the cell from superoxide toxicity.
*up to 235mg 3x/day

-Acetyl-L-Carnitine
*up to 1,000mg 3x/day

-BCAA’s
*combined up to 5g 3x/day

-L-Glutamine
*up to 10g 3x/day

-Co-Q10
*up to 1,200mg per day







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