Module 10 - Resistance Training Concepts Flashcards
States the body will adapt to the specific demands placed upon it.
Principle of specificity (or specific adaptation to imposed demands [SAID] principle).
Refers to the weight and movements placed on the body.
Mechanical specificity
Refers to the speed of contraction and exercise selection.
Neuromuscular specificity
Refers to the energy demand required for a specific activity.
Metabolic specificity
The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow optimum levels of motor unit recruitment and motor unit sycronization within a single muscle using single joint exercises.
Intramuscular coordination
The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow all muscles to work together using multiple joint exercises.
Intermuscular coordination
Providing the appropriate training stimulus to elicit optimum physical, physiological, and performance adaptations.
The Principle of Overload
Providing differences in volume and intensity to produce continuous adaptations over a training period while preventing injury.
The Principle of Variation
Considering the athlete’s age, general medical history, injury history, training background, work capacity, recoverability, structural integrity, training needs or goals, and sport.
The Principle of Individualization
The quality of the human body that forms the root of all training and conditioning.
The Principle of Adaptation
The human movement system’s (HMS) ability to adapt to stresses placed upon it.
General Adaptation Syndrome
Division of a training program into smaller, progressive stages.
Periodization
The three stages of response to stress:
Alarm reaction, Resistance development, Exhaustion
The principle that smaller motor units are recruited before larger, more powerful motor units.
Henneman’s size principle
The ability to generate force as quickly as possible.
Power (force x speed = power)
Alternating body parts trained from set to set, starting from the upper extremity and moving to the lower extremity.
Vertical loading
Performing all sets of an exercise or a body part before moving on to the next exercise or body part.
Horizontal loading
What muscle fiber type is resistant to fatigue and best for long-term contractions and postural control?
Type I
Which of the following is a protective process that could be considered an alarm reaction?
A limited ability to replicate the soreness-inducing exercises that contributed to the soreness.
Which of the following refers to the energy route required for a specific activity?
Metabolic specificity
The weight and movements required of the body refer to which type of specificity?
Mechanical specificity
An athlete performing a single-leg squat touchdown is most likely training for what?
Stabilization
Great care should be taken to avoid which of the following responses to high-intensity resistance training?
Exhaustion
An athlete needs to gain 10 pounds to be more competitive next season. What type of resistance training would you have him perform to optimally accomplish that goal?
Hypertrophy
Which of the following best describes the General Adaptation Syndrome?
The body adapts to the stresses placed upon it.
Which of the following exercises is adequate for an athlete in the Power Phase of the OPT model?
Lunge jumps
Which training system is being used when an athlete performs a bench press immediately followed by a medicine ball chest pass?
Superset
What type of exercise is the seated dumbbell curl?
Biceps-strength
Type i motor units could best be described by which of the following in comparison to type II motor units?
Type I motor units are recruited first.
What resistance training system consists of a series of exercises that an athlete performs one after the other with little or no rest?
Circuit training
What do connective tissues (i.e. ligaments and tendons) lack that cause them to adapt slower than muscles?
Blood supply
An athlete is producing energy primarily through anaerobic pathways during his workout. What type of training is he most likely performing?
Power lifting
