Cards (7)

  • Anaerobic exercise involves high-intensity activities such as sprinting and heavy weightlifting
  • Anaerobic exercises cannot be maintained for long periods of time and doing so will leave the participant short of breath
    • Exercise taking place anaerobically (without oxygen) can still transfer energy to muscles; it simply involves the incomplete breakdown of glucose into lactic acid
  • What does a build-up of lactic acid case?
    Muscle Fatigue and Pain
  • Anaerobic exercise equation
    Glucose → energy + lactic acid
  • Sporting examples
    • sprinting
    • heavy weight-lifting
    • wrestling
    • high-intensity interval training (HIIT)
  • Sporting examples that use a mixture of both
    • football
    • hockey
    • rugby
    • tennis