Flexibility training

Question 1

What are the physiological adaptions of flexibility training?

Answer 1

increased elasticity
increased length of resting muscle

increased range of movement, decreased risk of injury + improved posture

Question 2

what is inhibition from the antagonist?

Answer 2

when the agonist muscle resists lengthening to prevent over contraction of the agonist muscle

Question 3

what are muscle spindles

Answer 3

sensory receptors that detect stretch and relay the information to the brain

Question 4

stretch reflex stimulus

Answer 4

provides automatic regulation of muscle length

Question 5

types of flexibility training

Answer 5

static

dynamic

Question 6

factors affecting flexibility

Answer 6

gender
age
temperature
joint type and shape

Question 7

types of stretching routine

Answer 7

maintenance stretching

development stretching

Question 8

recruitment

Answer 8

the motor unit- group of muscle fibres

Question 9

myofibrils

Answer 9

made up of actin cross bridges

Question 10

hyperplasia

Answer 10

increase of muscle fibres

Question 11

ATP/ glycogen

Answer 11

fuels for anaerobic respiration

Question 12

enzyme

Answer 12

brings about respiration reactions

Question 13

what is periodisation?

Answer 13

organised division of training into blocks
pre-season
competitive
transition

Question 14

macro-cycle
meso-cycle
micro-cycle

Answer 14

usually a year
4-16 weeks
1-3 weeks