Chapter 11: Olympic Lifting for Performance Enhancement

Question 1

Maximum strength

Answer 1

Strength is usually defined as the ability to exert a force against a resistance. Maximum strength is therefore the greatest amount of force generated, typically measured during a 1-repetition maximum.

Question 2

Reactive strength

Answer 2

Reactive strength is a ready response to a stimulus that would be the necessary strength in response to some sort of stimulus,
be it physical, visual, auditory, etc.

Question 3

Power endurance

Answer 3

An athlete’s ability to sustain high power output for an extended period of time. Athletes with exceptional power endurance might be 400-m sprinters, 400-m hurdlers, individual medley swimmers, or wrestlers, for example.

Question 4

Neutral spine

Answer 4

A posture in which no exaggeration of any of the normal curvatures of the spine is present.

Question 5

Hip hinge

Answer 5

The concept of the hip hinge can be described as the spine remaining stiff and neutral while movement occurs about the hip joint.

Question 6

Perturbation

Answer 6

A disturbance in motion that increases the chance of a breakdown in the HMS.