Chapter 20: Resistance Training Concepts

Question 1

General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) & It’s 3 Stages

Answer 1

Describes the way the body responds and adapts to stress.

1. Alarm reaction: Initial reaction to stressor.
2. Resistance development: Body increases functional capacity to adapt to a stressor.
3. Exhaustion: Prolonged stress that is intolerable and will produce exhaustion or distress.

Question 2

Principle of Specificity

Answer 2

Principle stating that the body will adapt to specific demands that are placed on it.

Question 3

SAID Principle

Answer 3

Specific adaptations to imposed demands.

Question 4

Valsalva Maneuver

Answer 4

A process that involves expiring against a closed windpipe, creating additional intra-abdominal pressure and spinal stability.