Training Circulation and Oxygen Consumption

Circulatory function, supply and demand limitations of oxygen to working muscle. Limitations and adaptations in patients and athletes. Training methods and their application to various limitations.

After completing the course SPO3020, the student should be able to:

• Demonstrate in depth insight into limitations for oxygen transport and effective training regimes for improved circulation and aerobic endurance performance and have practical skills relevant for the field

• Describe biological adaptations as a result of physical activity and exercise training on the heart, arteries and skeletal muscles in our bodies both for health and performance
• Identify and describe the supply and demand limitations for the oxygen transport and utilization in athletes and patients
• Identify and prescribe effective endurance training programs, and to study their effect on top sports performance
• Understand and describe the beneficial effects of endurance training for successful aging and disease prevention, and prescribe effective training programs for treatment


• Apply and adopt experimental methods such as maximal oxygen uptake, lactate threshold and work economy and have practical skills relevant to perform the tests
• Present outcomes of research in a written report, evaluate and discuss scientific results in English

Insight into limitations for oxygen transport and effective training regimes for improved circulation and aerobic endurance performance.

Lectures, laboratory work, PBL. Approved practice report and written report.