SES3017M Advanced Sport Physiology
2022/23
Practical Assessment Portfolio for the Athlete
Submission Deadline: 2pm, 13th December, 2022
(electronic submission only – PDF file)
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Mistrelle Ellmore
Advanced Sport
Module Code SES3017M
Physiology
Assignment Practical Assessment of an Athlete (20% weighting)
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Good
Fair
Low Pass
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Assessment Framework, Screening
and Safety Paperwork
Physiological Assessment
Communication, Feedback and
Reflection
Research, Style and Referencing
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NB All marks are provisional until confirmed
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Date: January 2023
Table of contents
1.0
Screening framework
2.0
Assessment framework
3.0
Pre-test
3.1
Client information
4.0
During the test
5.0
Post-test
6.0
References
Screening framework
Assessment framework
Pre-test
Client information
During the test
Post-test
The athlete
The athlete was a 23-year-old male endurance runner, currently not competing or training
regularly. He was previously a national level runner at a junior level but is currently classified
as recreational. A recreational runner can be defined as a runner who trains and competes
during leisure time and around their daily activities (e.g., work, family, school),
independently of performance level and objectives (Boullosa et al., 2020).
Materials and methods
Professionalism
Professional standards outlined by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences
(BASES) were adhered to at all times. These include having a minimum base of knowledge
and standards regarding the testing procedures and general area of research, providing high
standards of safeguarding, especially when working with young or vulnerable athletes or
clients, and participating in regular reflective practice (Price et al., 2022).
Protocol
Upon signing informed consent for both the protocol and blood sampling, and upon
completion of a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire, initial anthropometric
measurements were taken from the athlete (stature (cm): 187.0; mass (kg); 91.2) (213, Seca,
Germany; 877, Seca GmbH, Germany).
The athlete completed a lab-based graded exercise test to exhaustion on a treadmill (Mercury,
HP Cosmos, Germany), in order to establish his VO2max. The protocol was similar to the
graded exercise test used by Faulkner et al. (2015), whereby, following warm-up stages to
allow the participant to reach a rating of perceived exertion (RPE) (Borg, 1982) of 13,
between 6-8 two-minute stages were performed, with the treadmill speed increasing by
1km·hr-1 each stage. Treadmill gradient was constant at 1% to reflect the energetic cost of
running outdoors, as the athlete normally would (Jones & Doust, 1996). Upon completion of
the graded exercise test, the participant completed a 5- to 10-minute cool-down period at a
low intensity (walking) on the treadmill, and 15 minutes post-test completed a verification
stage (Hawkins et al., 2007), whereby the athlete warmed up to 1km·hr-1 higher than the last
speed in the recorded stage and ran to volitional exhaustion.
Respiratory gases (VO2, respiratory exchange ratio [RER]), were continuously monitored
using breath-by-breath analysis (MetaLyzer 3B, Cortex Medical, Germany), with backup
readings taken during the last 30 seconds of each stage. Heart rate was recorded using a
chest-strap monitor (Polar Electro, Finland), and capillary blood lactate samples were taken
(Lactate Pro 2, Acrkray, Japan) at resting conditions, during the final 30-second of each
stage, immediately after the verification stage, and 15-minutes post-test. The athlete was
asked to provide a RPE during the final 30 seconds of each stage. The following criteria were
accepted as indicators of maximal effort and capacity (Edvardsen et al., 2014): a visible
plateau in VO2 during the final recorded stage of the test, blood lactate concentration of ≥ 8.0
mmol·L–1, RER ≥ 1.15, or maximal heart rate within 10% of age-predicted maximum
(Tanaka et al., 2001).
References
Borg, G. (1982). Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion. Medicine & Science in Sports
& Exercise, 14(5), 377-381. https://doi.org/10.1249/00005768-189205000-00012
Boullosa, D., Esteve-Lanao, J., Casado, A., Peyré-Tartaruge, L. A., da Rosa, R. G., & Del
Coso, J. (2020). Factors Affecting Training and Physical Performance in Recreational
Endurance Runners. Sports, 8(3), 35-54. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8030035
Edvardsen, E., Hem, E., & Anderssen, S. A. (2014). End Criteria for Reaching Maximal
Oxygen Uptake Must Be Strict and Adjusted to Sex and Age: A Cross-Sectional
Study. PLoS One, 9(1), e85276. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085276
Faulkner, J., Mauger, A. R., Woolley, B., & Lambrick, D. (2015). The Efficacy of a SelfPaced VO2max Test During Motorized Treadmill Exercise. International Journal of
Sports Physiology and Performance, 10(1), 99-105.
https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2014-0052.
Hawkins, M. N., Raven, P. B., Snell, P. G., Stray-Gundersen, J., & Levine, B. D. (2007).
Maximal oxygen uptake as a parametric measure of cardiorespiratory capacity.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 39(1), 103-107.
https://doi.org/101249/01.mss.0000241641.75101.64.
Jones, A. M., & Doust, J. H. (1996). A 1% treadmill grade most accurately reflects the
energetic cost of outdoor running. Journal of Sports Sciences, 14(4), 321-327.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02640419608727717
Price, M. J., Miles, A. M., & Smith, P. M. (2022). Professional competency and working with
others. In (R. C. R. Davison, P. M. Smith, J. Hopker, M. J. Price, F. Herringa, G.
Tew, & L. Bottoms (Eds.), Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines:
Volume II – Exercise and Clinical Testing: The British Association of Sport and
Exercise Sciences Guide (pp. 5-10). Routledge.
Tanaka, H., Monaham, K. D., & Seals, D. R. (2001). Age-predicted maximal heart rate
revisited. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 37(1), 153-156.
https://doi.org/10/1016/s0735-1097(00)01054-8
Appendix A
Athlete contact timetable
Date:
19-Nov
20-Nov
27-Nov
3-Dec
2-Jan
9-Jan
16-Jan
23-Jan
30-Jan
6-Feb
13-Feb
Action:
Participant approached to take part in support package, procedures explained
to participant
Participant agreed to partake in support package
PAR-Q, informed consent, and blood sampling consent signed
Pre-intervention testing completed
Support programme: week 1, mesocycle 1 starts
Support programme: week 2
Support programme: week 3, end of week checkup in preparation for any
changes required to mesocycle 2
Support programme: week 4
Support programme: week 5, mesocycle 2 starts
Support programme: week 6
Support programme: week 7, end of week checkup in preparation for any
changes required to mesocycle 3
20-Feb
27-Feb
6-Mar
13-Mar
20-Mar
27-Mar
Support programme: week 8
Support programme: week 9, mesocycle 3 starts
Support programme: week 10
Support programme: week 11
Support programme: week 12
Post-intervention testing completed
Appendix B
Testing session plan
Time
(hh:mm):
0:00
Action:
Athlete welcomed and briefed about the schedule of the day
0:05
PAR-Q changes enquired and confirmed, anthropometric measurements
recorded, mask fitting, MetaSoft setup
0:15
0:20
0:25
0:27
0:29
0:31
0:33
0:35
0:37
Safety briefing given to athlete
Athlete begins warm-up stages
Athlete begins stage 1
Athlete begins stage 2
Athlete begins stage 3
Athlete begins stage 4
Athlete begins stage 5
Athlete begins stage 6
Athlete begins cool-down period, mask removed
0:47
0:50
0:51
Basic feedback given to athlete
Mask is re-fitted to athlete
Athlete begins secondary warm-up (fast walking on treadmill)
0:52
Athlete begins VO2max verification stage
0:55
Athlete ends VO2max verification stage and begins cool-down, mask
removed
1:05
Athlete ends cool down and is monitored post-test until satisfied to be
allowed to leave safely, detailed feedback given
1:15
Athlete released if safe to do so
Appendix C
Current athlete training program
Period:
Monday:
Tuesday:
AM
Resistance
Training
Slow run:
10km
PM
Resistance
Training
Wednesday: Thursday:
Fast run:
5km
Resistance
Training
Friday:
Saturday:
Slow run:
10km
Fast run:
5km
Resistance
Training
Sunday:
Appendix D
Athlete goals
Appendix E
Blank testing record sheet