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fatigue
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* IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FATIGUE AND THE MAIN MECHANISMS OF FATIGUE. ENSURE THE ROLE OF METABOLITES IN FATIGUE IS ALSO DISCUSSED. * FOR THE THREE SPORTS SELECTED IN PART 1, DISCUSS AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF HOW AN ATHLETE CAN IMPROVE THEIR RECOVERY FROM FATIGUE INDUCED BY PARTICIPATION IN EACH SPORT. COVER ALL ASPECTS OF RECOVERY, INCLUDING PHYSICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL. According to McArdle, Katch and Katch, Exercise Physiology , 4th edition, Fatigue is defined as " the decline in muscle tension capacity with repeated stimulation". Simply it means that as the athlete progresses in his/her activity, muscle tiredness accompanied by laboured breathing sets in and this would result in decreasing performance in the said activity as it progresses further. Fatigue is the result of many factors, each of which is the direct result of the activity or exercise that produces it. As we know it , voluntary muscle action...
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