KINE 1020 Lecture : KINE 1020-Week 1- Lecture 1 and 2

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more power, speed, and balance, reduce demands on cardiovascular system. Why is strength important? y performance related: sport, job. productivity y health related: lower risk of functional limitations, lower risk of chronic diseases, psychological health. avoiding injuries, predictor of advanced age disability, reduces chronic low back pain. Improved blood sugar control, retard/ prevents osteoporosis, incr metabolic rate: emergencies- fight or flight situations. Study by brill- higher percentage in functional limitation with lower strength. Study by ratanen- muscle strength as a predictor of old age disability y walking speed and rising from a chair- those with lower strength had more limitations. Training when done in an appropriate manner will result in gains, and levels are retained. There is always a decline in strength as we age; improving strength will only slow it down. Apoptotic pathways y y when activated they activate other caspases and can result in dna fragmentation and.

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