Flexibility and Muscular Strength & Endurance Facts
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Study Guide: Flexibility and Muscular strength & endurance Facts:
Muscle Fitness Facts: 1. Compare and contrast muscular strength and muscular endurance.
2. Explain what muscular power (explosive strength) is. Give some examples.
3. What are some of the health benefits that come with doing explosive strength movements?
4. Explain what the 1 rep max is used for and how you could use it in creating a workout program
5. Explain how to use reps and sets in a strength-training workout program.
6. Explain the significance of the muscular endurance-strength continuum when trying to create a
workout program.
7. Explain what the principle of overload is.
8. Explain what the principle of Progression is.
9. Explain what the principle of Rest and Recovery is.
10. Explain what an Isotonic contraction is and be able to give an example.
11. Explain what an Isometric contraction is and be able to give an example.
12. Explain and demonstrate what an eccentric contraction and a concentric contraction would look
like.
13. Explain what slow-twitch muscle fibers are. Then explain which type of activities a person who
had these types of fibers would be good at and why.
14. Explain what fast-twitch muscle fibers are. Then explain what type of activities a person who had
these types of fibers would be good at and why.
15. Explain what the benefits are to doing the modified 1 rep max as opposed to doing the standard 1
rep max. Flexibility Facts: 16. Explain the difference between a warm-up and a flexibility workout.
17. Explain what flexibility is and state the factors that might influence it.
18. Give some examples of different joints and explain how they move.
19. Explain what some of the benefits of having good flexibility are.
20. Explain the purpose of the antagonist muscle and be able to give an example.
21. Describe and explain how to perform a static stretch.
22. Compare and contrast active stretching and passive stretch.
23. Explain why PNF stretching is considered to be a more effective way to stretch.
24. Explain what ballistic stretching is and why some experts consider it to be unsafe.
25. Explain why you should do muscle fitness and flexibility exercises together.
26. Explain why dynamic movement exercises are different than dynamic stretching
exercises.