Question

A beginning powerlifter, having heard about the research on aerobic endurance exercise as a prophylactic approach to preventing coronary artery disease, wants to add 30 minutes of running five days per week to his current program. What effect will this have on his powerlifting performance?

Answer 1

The training performance will be drastically reduced, because of specificity. This is because based on the principle of specificity, the training pattern a sport person must adopt to ensure desire effect should be the type that matched the specific sport the person is training for or preparing for. Therefore in this scenario the weightlifter performance will drop, because the 30 minutes of ruining for 5 days is not relevant to the training pattern he needs for power lifting for a desired effect.

Besides the introduction of the new training £0 minutes....) pattern is now phosphagen ( high intensity) which is not needed. This will affect muscle contraction leading to change in muscle fibres. It is therefore advisable to continue with his oxidative training and discard the phosphagen 30 minutes of training to maximum performance.

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Answer 2

Aerobic endurance exercise has a lot of positive effect on a powerlifter. Let me mention some of the major positive effects ;

Aerobic endurance exercise helps the powerlifter build stronger bones, improve muscle strength. It also improves his endurance and flexibility, it improves the powerlifter's balance hence reducing the risk of falling

Research has shown that aerobic endurance exercise can improve ones mood and mental alertness.

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