Endurance
The endurance is the capacity to maintain in time a certain level of intensity required.
In Sport, and in a general way for the physical efforts, the physical endurance utilizes the following factors:
- cardiovascular and respiratory endurance: the Heart and the Respiration must provide a contribution in sufficient Oxygène to maintain the intensity desired;
- muscular endurance: prolonged work in particular utilizes the muscle fibers of the type I;
- will, moral strength fatigue.
In Athletics, the endurance relates to the basic races (5000 m, 10000 m, marathon) even Demi-fond (800 meters and 1.500 meters).
Of mechanical Sport, a test of endurance consists in achieving more the long distance in the assigned duration. One of most famous is the 24 hours of Mans.
Shake-down test
The endurance is often measured with the Race on foot. It can be a question for example of being able to traverse a minimal distance in a rather long given time.
Test of Luc-Leger
See also: Test of Luc-Leger
It consists in each time making return tickets of 20 m while accelerating of 0,5 km/h; concretely, time to make these 20 m is given by an aural signal (beep), often on recorded cassette, and beep gives rhythm it increases. The first stage corresponds at a speed of 8 km/h, i.e. the first two beeps are spaced 9 seconds, that time between 2nd and the 3rd beep is 8,47 seconds… The number of stages carried out is a measurement of the endurance.
Test of Cooper
See also: Test of Cooper
External bonds
Test shuttle Luc Leger
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