Since Mr. Borowsky would collaborate with us, we did further research on the what methodologies other studies used. We have most of the equipment for the research, including several bikes, a cycle ergometer, a metabolic cart, and other minor tools. The goal for today is to look up how other research determine the fatigue time for subjects.
Most of the published studies indicate that the subject will do an incremental cycling test, measured by a cycle ergometer. The incremental exercise will eventually (some have 4 stages of increase from the warm-up pace to VO2 power pace, some have 6) lead up to the subject's VO2 pace rate, and the fatigue time is determined when the subject can no longer continue at the VO2 power pace. Our agenda for the rest of the semester is drafted as below; 1. Measure the subject's VO2 max, power, warm-up pace. 2. Do two familiar trials with cycling test. 3. Do two Control Tea test. 4. Do two TruGrit Tea test. 5. Analyze the results and conclude. Thus, our protocol will be 1. Run few control tests with metabolic cart. 2. Measure the subject's VO2 max, power, threshold pace, warm-up pace. 3. Have the subject drink either the control tea or the TruGrit tea depending on if it is a control tea trial or TruGrit tea trial. 4. Do familiar trials with cycling incremental test of 4 paces. 5. Determine the fatigue time. Some details that we have to decide on are: 1. Whether or not we should control the subject's diet. We have discussed that we may have the subject eat and drink the same food within the 2 hours before coming to the experiment. 2. The amount of tea we give to the subject. We think that 2 cups of tea may cause the subjects to urinate, so 1 cup of tea may be a better choice.
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