CSCS CH 2 Biomechanics of Resistance Exercise Flashcards
Biomechanics
Focuses on the mechanisms through which the musculoskeletal components interact to create movement.
Origin
Proximal attachment (toward the center of the body)
Insertion
Distal attachment (Away from the center of the body)
Fleshy Attachment
mostly found at proximal end of muscle. Directly affixed to the bone, usually over a wide area so that force is distributed rather than localized.
Fibrous attachment
Tendon; blend into & are continuous with both the muscle sheaths & the connective tissue surrounding the bone.
Agonist
primary mover, muscle most directly involved in bringing about a movement.
antagonist
A muscle that can slow down or stop the movement
synergist
A muscle when it assists indirectly in a movement.
First-class lever
A lever for which the muscle force & resistive force act on opposite sides of the fulcrum. Elbow extension.
Fulcrum
The pivot point of a lever
Lever
A rigid or semirigid body that, when subjected to a force whose line of action does not pass through its pivot point, exerts force on any object impeding its tendency to rotate
Mechanical advantage
the ratio of the movement arm through which an applied force acts to that through which a resistance force acts
Moment arm
(Force arm, lever arm, & torque arm) The perpendicular distance from the line of action of the force to the fulcrum.
muscle force
force generated by biochemical activity, or the stretching of noncontractile tissue, that tends to draw the opposite ends of a muscle toward each other.
Resistance Force
Force generated by a source external to the body that acts contrary to the muscle force (gravity, friction, inertia)
Second-class lever
A lever for which the muscle force & resistive force act on the same side of the fulcrum, with the muscle force acting through a moment arm longer than that through which the resistance force acts, as when the calf muscles work to raise the body onto the balls of the feet.
Third-class lever
A lever for which the muscle force & resistive force act on the same side of the fulcrum, with the muscle force acting through a moment arm shorter than that through which the resistive force acts. Elbow Flexion
Torque
The degree to which a force tends to rotate an object about a specified fulcrum. Quantitatively as the magnitude of a force times the length of its movement arm.
Anatomical position
the body is erect, the arms are down at the sides & the palms force forward
Sagittal plane
Slices body into Right & Left. Ex Standing barbell curl.
Frontal Plane
Slices body into front & back. EX Standing lateral dumbbell raise.
Transverse planes
upper & lower sections. EX Dumbbell fly.
Strength
Ability to exert force, there is considerable disagreement as to how strength should be measured. Use of isometric strength testing & also isokinetic strength testing.
Acceleration
Change in velocity per unit time. According to Isaac Newton’s Second Law: Force=Mass X Acceleration