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Muscular Strength

Muscular Strength. Mr. Vecchio Health 2012. Muscular Strength. Maximum amount of force a muscle can exert against an opposing force Anaerobic - intense short bursts of energy produced WITHOUT oxygen Free weights, weight machines, elastic bands, body weight, suspension trainers .

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Muscular Strength

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  1. Muscular Strength Mr. Vecchio Health 2012

  2. Muscular Strength • Maximum amount of force a muscle can exert against an opposing force • Anaerobic- intense short bursts of energy produced WITHOUT oxygen • Free weights, weight machines, elastic bands, body weight, suspension trainers

  3. Types of Muscle • Cardiac- Involuntary striated muscle found only in the heart • Skeletal- Voluntary & account for 2/3 of body (40% of body weight)

  4. Types of Muscle

  5. Types of Muscular Contractions • Concentric- shortening of the muscle • Eccentric- lengthening of the muscle • Isometric- muscle actively held at the same length

  6. How Muscles Get Stronger • Hypertrophy- thickening of existing muscle fibers • Heredity- more fast twitch fibers=more power • Muscle Size- larger muscles have more capacity to do more work (chest)

  7. Vocabulary • Repetition- one completion of an activity or part of exercise • Set- Group of consecutive reps for any given exercise • Mode- type of resistance used • Overload- Increasing reps and/or sets • Specificity- Training for particular areas of fitness

  8. F.I.T.T. Principle • Frequency • Intensity • Time • Type

  9. Intensity

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