Exam 2 Flashcards
Resistance exercise
Dynamic or static muscle contraction is resisted by an outside force applied manually or mechanically
Muscle strength
Ability of contractile tissue to produce tension and a force based on demands of the muscle
Muscle power
Rate of performing work
Muscle endurance
Ability of a muscle to contract repeatedly against a load, generate and sustain tension and resist fatigue over an extended period of time
Overload
If muscle performance is to improve, a muscle must be challenged at a greater level to which it is accustomed
What does SAID stand for? What does it mean?
Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand
Body systems adapt over time to stresses placed on them
Detraining
Begins 1-2 weeks after cessation of resistance exercise and continues until training effects are lost
Factors that influence the development of tension
Energy stores Blood supply Age Fatigue Recovery from exercise Attention Motivation & Feedback
Muscle Fatigue
The diminished response of a muscles to a repeated stimulus. Occurs when a muscle repeatedly contracts against a load
Causes of muscle fatigue
Decrease in energy stores
Insufficient oxygen
Reduced sensitivity and availability of calcium
Build up of hydrogen
Causes of cardiopulmonary (general) fatigue
Decrease in blood sugar level
Decrease in glycogen stores in muscle and liver
Depletion of potassium
Adaptations that occur in the neural system
Increased recruitment of number of motor units firing
Increase rate and synchronization of firing
Adaptations of skeletal muscle to strength training
Hypertrophy of muscle fibers
Hyperplasia of muscle fibers
Remodeling of type IIB to type IIA
Decrease/no change in capillary bed density
Decrease in mitochondrial density and volume
Adaptations of skeletal muscle to endurance training
Minimal or no muscle fiber hypertrophy
Increase in capillary bed density
Increase in mitochondrial density and volume
Adaptations of CT to strength training
Increase in tensile strength of tendons, ligaments, and CT
increase in bone mineral density
Adaptations of Metabolic system to strength and endurance system
Increase ATP, PC storage, myoglobin storage, Creatine phsophokinase, myokinase
Adaptations of body composition to strength training
Increase lean body mass
Decrease in percent body fat
Adaptations of body composition to endurance training
No changes in lean body mass
Decrease in percent body fat
Intensity
The exercise load (level of resistance)
Volume
Total number of repetitions and sets in an exercise session
Periodization
variation of intensity and volume during specific periods of resistance training