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Beep Test Score Essay

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The purpose of this lab was to determine if the subject’s beep test score will be altered after changing their diet. The subject is put on an increased protein diet for three weeks, while playing competitive hockey (see table 1). It was hypothesized that an increase in protein intake will have no effect on performance during the beep test and therefore the subject will have no change in their final beep test score. Three weeks after the increased protein diet the subject performed another beep test to see any changes in the beep test score. The results indicated minimal change in the beep test score from an initial score of 7 to a final score of 6.5 (see tables 2 &3). This showed that increasing protein did not affect the subject’s …show more content…

In relation to perceived exertion the subjects breathing rate stayed constant (see figure 2) because protein intake did not affect the subject’s performance and output. In other words, the hypothesis was proven to be true because protein intake did not affect the subject’s ability to perform in the final beep test, which is why the score obtained only had minimal changes from the beep test before the protein intake. Even though increased protein did not affect the subject’s performance, it was still used during recovery, which is why the subject could recover from dry land training the night before and still fill good to perform the beep test the next day. According to Cordain and Friel (2012) protein intake throughout the day, helps repair damaged muscle tissue. Therefore, over the three weeks the subject’s body was utilizing the protein intake as source to repair any tears in the muscle tissue, which lead to a better recovery. Given the following information the hypothesis was proved to be accurate because protein intake did not affect the subject’s performance during the beep test. However, to get a better understanding of increased protein intake, there should be a study performed to estimate how much time and protein the body requires to repair damaged muscle tissue after

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