Muscular Strength and Endurance Lab The purpose of this lab was to provide muscular fitness tests to assess upper and lower body muscular strength and muscular endurance using resisted exercise or exercise machines. This was done through a number of tests including: max push-ups‚ max curl-ups‚ bench press‚ and leg press. Using a chart‚ the student was able to compare their max repetition of each exercise to the normal range for their age group. Muscular fitness tests are classified as increasing
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maintaining physical health‚ exercise has been recently linked with improve mental health. Although the benefits of physical activity have changed and continue to change‚ the most basic components still remain; cardiorespiratory fitness‚ muscular strength‚ and muscular endurance. Various sports and/or activities may place more emphasis on one over the other; however each contribute to the athletes overall performance. Furthermore‚ each component makes individualized contributions to an individuals’ health
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Muscular endurance is very important for people playing sports and who have to sustain an activity for long periods of time. Muscular endurance is determined by how well your slow twitch muscle fibers are developed. In case your wondering what slow twitch muscle fibers are‚ I will explain. There are generally two types of muscle fibers in your body‚ slow twitch and fast twitch. Slow twitch muscle fibers cannot exert as much force as fast twitch‚ but can sustain an effort over a much greater period
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to exert great bodily or muscular power. Another component of muscular fitness that is crucial is muscular endurance‚ which is the ability to perform a specific muscular action for a prolonged period of time. For example‚ performing 50 squats with a weight of 50 kilograms on the shoulders requires both attributes‚ 150 squats without weight requires more muscular endurance while the ability to perform a single squat with a weight of 200 kilograms depends on muscular strength. Different tests are used
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Energy for performance year 11 phys ed term 3 – touch football Health – related * Aerobic capacity * Muscular strength * Muscular endurance * Flexibility * Body compisistion Sport/skill related * Muscular power * Agility * Speed * Balance * Coordination Aerobic capacity * Also called stamina‚ general endurance‚ heart-lung fitness * “The ability to keep producing energy aerobically and using it to perform tasks involving the whole body for extended
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Continuous training- Improves cardiovascular endurance and muscular endurance. Continuous training is training continuously hence its name. There are no breaks or short pauses which means that the individual is constantly working‚ putting the muscles in the leg (such as the quadriceps and hamstrings) and the heart under pressure to supply which is needed. Altitude training can also be continuous which assists with the production of red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen through the bloodstream
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1. Playing badminton keeps you extremely fit and healthy. No more regular visits to the doctors! 2. It is fantastic cardio-vascular exercise. Which means in English‚ it’s brilliant for your heart! 3. [IMAGE]It trains your body’s endurance and therefore
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“How did you score on each of your assessments? Are you at all surprised by your ratings for muscular strength and endurance?” According to the results for each of the assessments‚ I scored above average on most of the tests. I was able to do 65 curl-ups and 40 push-ups. With these numbers my wellness was considered excellent and above average for the female category in my age range of 23. My percent body fat was approximately 23%‚ I was quite surprised that my percent body fat was that high‚ although
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midline of the body.” ACE’s Essentials of Exercise Science for Fitness Professionals‚ p. 2 2) Which of the following is NOT one of four types of tissue found in the human body? a. Muscular b. Nervous c. Epithelial d. Vascular Explanation d. Vascular The four primary types of tissue are muscular‚ nervous‚ connective‚ and epithelial. ACE’s Essentials of Exercise Science for Fitness Professionals‚ p. 3 3) Which of the four components of blood carries hormones‚ food materials‚
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This semester I worked on increasing my muscular strength. I feel that overall I was successful in my goal. Determination made me successful along with the help of a fitness app called “Lose It!”. The drive to eat the food that my body needed to gain muscle. The drive to work out and to push myself to the max. I had to really want to achieve my goals to succeed. Tracking my diet and activity in the Lose It app showed me information I was unaware of in my everyday life. I learned that it is actually
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