Pdhpe,_Body_in_Motion

PDHPE – the body in motion Q1. whilst Cadel Evans was in training, him and his coach would have needed to target 2 major health components cardiovascular endurance and muscular endurance. He would have also had to train 3 skill related components; speed, power and balance. In order for Cadel to achieve maximum performance in his races he would need to train all of there fitness components. Cardiovascular endurance is the ability to pump the blood around the body to activate muscles and their ability to use them. When training for the tour de France Cadel would have needed to have maximum cardiovascular endurance as riding a bike for a long period of time is strenuous and he would have had to train himself so he could handle the high cardiovascular fitness that was needed. Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to sustain repeated contractions against a resistance for an extended period of time. Muscular endurance would need to be at its highest for Cadel whilst training for the tour de France because in cycling the legs are constantly moving for a long period of time. Speed is the ability of a person to execute motor movements with high speed in the shortest period of time. Cadel and his trainer would need to focus on his speed as he would have to keep a constant high speed all through out the race. Power is the ability of muscle to release maximum force in the shortest period of time. Power is needed when riding in the tour DE France so Cadel and his trainer would have covered numerous power enhancing drills and exercises to have his fitness component at its peak. Balance is the ability to control the body's position, either stationary or while moving. Balance was needed when riding the tour de France because Cadel was riding at a high speed for a such a long time, he would have had to position himself right and be able to hold the position properly with no problems. Q2. the fitness components; cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, speed, power and balance all need to be working their best when competing in the tour de France. Having the components working at the highest they can gives an individual an advantage to success in their race. Cardiovascular endurance is one of the most important components considering the race is 3,600 kilometers long. The better somebody cardiovascular endurance is means the heart is stronger so the rest of the body is much more efficient as there is more oxygen being pumped to the muscles quicker. Cadel Evans cardiovascular endurance would have to be at its best when competing as his body would be going through extreme pressure with the long hours of riding, which means his heart would have to be at its best in order to succeed. Muscular endurance is needed when competing as when an individual is cycling they need to be able to maintain roughly the same speed throughout the whole day. Cadel would have needed to train for this everyday as it is something that only develops over time, and can only get stronger the more you train. Speed is used the whole time whilst riding the tour de France. He would have had to work on speed every single day as it depends on his speed in which position he comes in the race. He would have worked on tests that used speed, then repeated them over and over again so his body was able to cope with the different speeds and keeping at a constant speed. Power would have been needed many times during the race, eg going up hills or at the end of the race. If Cadel didn't strengthen his power he would have had a slow take off and been slow taking off. He needed to train his power so that he could use as much strength as his muscles could stand to be able to do these things. Q3. The fitness test they could have used to test his cardiovascular endurance is the beep test. It is a 20 m fitness test that involves constantly running between 2 lines 20m apart, making sure to beat the beep each time. As you work your way through the levels, the time for you to run the 20m get shorter and shorter, you are to run back and forth until you cant handle it anymore. It measures how long they were able to run by saying out loud different levels. By running the beep test they would be able to measure the cardiovascular endurance, and see whether it is improving or not