Customize your hockey pants and protection with hockey suspenders and belts. Practice Apparel: Head to the gym with training shorts, T-shirts, hoodies and sweats, all designed with a stretchable, lightweight fit for your training.
Venous return is affected by several factors including muscle contraction, respiratory activity and gravity. Decreased venous compliance and vena cava compression also influence venous return. Other factors include valve competence, heartbeat, intrapericardial pressure, blood volume and degree of filling systematic circulation.
Heart rate and stroke volume are influenced by several different factors. Stroke volume and heart rate combine to form cardiac output, which the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) reports is the total amount of blood ejected to working areas of the body.