Strength and Conditioning
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- What are the advantages of manual resistance?
- No equipment, perform anywhwere, easy training, can train almost all the same muscles as in the weight room, ability to apply manual resistance in the range of motion of each rep
- What is Manual Resistance?
- practical and productive strength training in which resistance is used to train the partner
- How does it work?
- start off slow to warm up then by the end you should be at max resistance
- What are the 3 macronutrients?
- Carbohydrates, protein and fat
- What are the recommended percentages of each?
- Carb - 55-60%, Protein - 12-20%, Fat - 30%
- Where is protein found?
- Skeletal muscle, organs & bone tissue
- Which macronutrient is the primary fuel?
- Carbs and fats
- What is the relationship between your fuel sources and intensity/duration?
- If you eat a healthy diet you are able to fuel your body and increase intensity and duration of your activities
- What is a motor unit?
- basic functional entity of muscular activity
- What is the "sliding filament theory"?
- individual muscle fibers that have filaments contract by sliding over eachother
- What are the characteristics of skeletal muscles?
- excitability, extensibility, elasticity, contractibility
- What are the three functions of skeletal muscles?
- Force production for locomotive and breathing, force production for postural support, heat production during cold stress
- What are the three types of flexibility training?
- Static, Dynamic/Ballistic, PNF