KNPE 237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Standing Long Jump, Strength Training, One-Repetition Maximum
15 Dec 2016
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Strength and flexibility: strength training, flexibility training. Strength: the ability to exert force, muscle mass and muscle strength are linked individual structural constraint that changes with age. Preadolescence: strength increases with age, boys and girls matched (or at least once) until puberty, strength greatly related to muscle mass. Adolescence: boys gain higher muscle mass than girls (due to higher androgen secretion) Field test: chin-ups, pushups, vertical jump, standing long jump has high correlation to both upper and lower body strength. Adolescence: strength improvements seen in boys and girls. Absolute strength gain greater in boys (is related to grater muscle mass: potential for injury. The patterns^ can be influenced by strength training at any stage (e. g. , the different types of activities we choose to participate in) Muscle mass is not the only factor involved (there is also things like cultural norms, habitual activity patterns, etc. ) Flexibility: the ability to move a join through its full rom, flexibility benefits performance.
