Question

If oxygen supplies are depleted during exercise, the body will use anaerobic respiration to produce the energy being demanded. What effects might this have on the athlete? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

It will make the athletse's muscles produce lactid acid. By which his muscle might become very tired and ache, and the athlete might do the exercice he's doing slower.

Answer 2

Intense pain in the muscle is caused due to production of lactic acid (as a result of anaerobic respiration)

Step-by-step explanation:

When an athlete exercises intensely, the muscles carry out lactic acid fermentation in the absence of oxygen.

Lactic acid fermentation is a form of anaerobic respiration in which phosphate and glucose with in the muscles is broken down to produce energy and a byproduct, lactic acid.

Lactic acid causes intense pain and fatigue in the muscles due to which muscles can not rely on anaerobic respiration for a longer period of time.