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Explore the importance of muscular fitness, including its benefits such as avoiding back problems, reducing injury risks, and preventing osteoporosis. Learn about muscular strength, relative strength, endurance, resistance training principles, and more. Discover the differences between fast and slow twitch muscle fibers and debunk common resistance training myths.
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Avoiding
back
problems
Reducing
risks
of
injury
Reducing
risks
of
osteoporosis
Able
to
lift
a
heavy
weight
Able
to
exert
a^
great
force Lab 11aInfo
Able
to
perform
repeated muscular contractions
Lab 11bInfo
Overload
-^
Progression
-^
Specificity
-^
Rest
recovery
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-^
No
pain
‐^
no
gain
-^
Makes
you
“muscle
bound”
-^
Fat
can
be
converted
into
muscle
-^
Extra
muscle
turns
to
fat
if
not
used
-^
Has
masculinizing
effect
on
women
How
often? What
resistanc e? How
many sets?
Hi RepsLo Wt.
Lo RepsHi Wt.
Mod RepsMod Wt.
Lo RepsHi Wt.
Hi RepsLo Wt.
High
number
of
repetitions
-^
Short
rest
intervals
Lift
in
a
controlled
manner
Exhale
during
effort
Bring
weight
down
slowly
Click for info onconcentric and eccentriccontractions
Fast
Twitch
Fibers
-^
Stain
light
in^
color
-^
More
anaerobic
-^
Suited
to^
strength
and
speed
activity
-^
Slow
Twitch
Fibers
-^
Stain
dark
-^
More
aerobic
-^
Suited
to^
endurance
activity
Return topresentation
Concentric
vs.
Eccentric
Isotonic
-^
Isometric
-^
Isokinetic