APU SPHE314 WEEK 5 Writing Assignment #2

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Following the guidelines for essay submissions explained earlier in this document, you are to respond to the following questions:

1. What factors should be considered to provide maximal protection when people are exercising in the cold?

2. How would training at medium altitude and then competing at higher altitude affect a runner’s performance? How would training at sea level affect a runner’s performance?

3. Discuss the health risks associated with acute exposure to high altitude and how can these risks be minimized?

4. What alterations occur in strength, power, and muscular endurance with physical detraining?

5. What similarities do we see between spaceflight and detraining? Why does the body make these adaptations during spaceflight?

Use the template for this assignment located in the online classroom under RESOURCES marked: Essay Submission Assignment #2. Remember your paper must be in APA format.