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Resistance Training Concepts

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1. Anaerobic training
1. agonist muscle recruitment 2. firing rate 3. timing and pattern of discharge 4. reduction of inhibitory mechanisms (Golgi tendon organs)
Parallel
High-intensity - intermittent weight training - plyo drills - speed - agility and interval training
hypertrophy

2. anaerobic training increases the _____ of the NMJ
Eccentric
Valsalva maneuver
Hydroxyapatite
Area

3. antagonist cocontraction is ________ in untrained people/those unfamiliar w/a task
Higher (counter-productive to force development)
High-intensity - intermittent weight training - plyo drills - speed - agility and interval training
Protein - carbohydrate
Capillary density

4. cartilage lacks it's own _____ ______ and gets oxygen and nutrients through ____ ______
Blood supply - synovial fluid
112
The spinal cord (along the corticopinal tracts)
The spinal cord (along the corticopinal tracts)

5. trabecular bone
power
Spongy - bridges cortical bone
Downregulate
Overreaching - rest for a few days (taper) and good to go. (often planned in a periodized program)

6. The specific muscular exercises using different weights and movements that are performed to increase strength or endurance in certain body parts.
Mechano growth factor
mechanical specificity
More testosterone levels for assistive exercises
Increase acid-base balance during excercise

7. protein synthesis is elevated up to _____ hours after acute RT
1. acute changes during and after exercise 2. chronic changes in resting concentrations 3. chronic changes in acute response to a workout 4. changes in receptor content
ATPhase - oxidative
High-intensity - intermittent weight training - plyo drills - speed - agility and interval training
48

8. larger pennation angles can accomodate greater _____ ________
Protein deposition
Reservoir - IIx - IIax - IIa - IIac - IIc
Cardiac output - stroke volume
Bone - tendon - and ligaments - cartilage

9. high correlations between ____ ______ and ______ _______ concentrations have been shown
Blood lactate - growth hormone
Not as many
Increase in bone size and density
48

10. glycogen content can rise as much as ______% after only 5 months of body-building style programs
Fast-twitch only - explosive movements (less than a second) ex. plyo
1. no - minimal 2. no - minimal 3. increases 4. no - minimal
Training one limb can result in increase of strength in the other too
112

11. new myofilaments are added to the _______ myofibril - increasing the ______
Periphery - diameter
Shortens
Capillary density
1. junction between the tendon or ligament and the bone 2. in the body of the tendon or ligament 3. in the network of fascia in the skeletal muscle

12. reflex potentiation is increased by____ to ____ % w/resistance training
Neural activation - precise mechanism
Collagen
Motor units are recruited in order of their recruitment thresholds and firing rates - equaling a continuum of voluntary force in the agonist muscle.
19-55

13. cartilage lacks it's own _____ ______ and gets oxygen and nutrients through ____ ______
Cross-linking
6 - few workouts
Peak bone mass
Blood supply - synovial fluid

14. a _______-________ supplement before and after a workout can attenuate AR downregulation
Different planes - different directions
Downregulate
Protein - carbohydrate
16 -38

15. Anaerobic training
Compact - dense outer shell
High-intensity - intermittent weight training - plyo drills - speed - agility and interval training
Concentric
Decreases - increases

16. use ______ excercises to directly load the ____ and the ______
1. acute changes during and after exercise 2. chronic changes in resting concentrations 3. chronic changes in acute response to a workout 4. changes in receptor content
Structural - spine - hip
Increased parasympathetic activity at rest and w/exercise
Elastin

17. Initial reaction to a stressor such as increased oxygen and blood supply to the necessary areas of the body
alarm reaction
6 - few workouts
Increase in bone size and density
Downregulate

18. After a muscle size increase - _________neural activation/muscle fibers are needed to lift the same load
maximal strength
No hormonal changes - must look for sympathetic overtraining syndrome signs
Not as many
19-55

19. ncrease nearal drive comes from (3)
X - a
Fast-twitch only - explosive movements (less than a second) ex. plyo
1. agonist muscle recruitment 2. firing rate 3. timing and pattern of discharge 4. reduction of inhibitory mechanisms (Golgi tendon organs)
Not as many

20. parasympathetic overtraining is...
Increased parasympathetic activity at rest and w/exercise
mechanical specificity
Cardiac output - stroke volume
112

21. process of protein synthesis (3)
Left ventrical chamber size/volume much higher in endurance athletes
Greater than or equal to 16
1. water uptake 2. noncontractile protein synthesis 3. contractile protein sysnthesis = reduced degradation
Androgen receptor - testosterone - testosterone derivatives

22. due to muscle size increase - ________ _______ decreases
alarm reaction
Protein - carbohydrate
power
Mitocondrial density (mitochondrial density is expressed relative to muscle area)

23. High firing rates are important at the _______ of ballistic movement to increase rate of force development.
Protein - carbohydrate
Bone mineral density - quantity of mineral deposited in a given bone area
Onset
Blood supply - synovial fluid

24. Substantial portion of neural adaptations occur in
1. water uptake 2. noncontractile protein synthesis 3. contractile protein sysnthesis = reduced degradation
Repeated intermittent high-intensity contractions reduce ATP (18%) & CP (creatine) (28%) stores but stimulate storage capacity increases
Glycolitic - metabolites
The spinal cord (along the corticopinal tracts)

25. bone matrix
Collagen molecules from osteoblasts
1. no - minimal 2. no - minimal 3. increases 4. no - minimal
Power - slow-velocity strength
Increase - decrease

26. reflex potentiation is increased by____ to ____ % w/resistance training
Increase in number of muscle cells through longitudinal splitting - rather than lateral
Mitocondrial density (mitochondrial density is expressed relative to muscle area)
19-55
1. intensity of resistance 2. length of time of effort (reps) 3. size of muscle mass

27. ncrease nearal drive comes from (3)
The spinal cord (along the corticopinal tracts)
1. agonist muscle recruitment 2. firing rate 3. timing and pattern of discharge 4. reduction of inhibitory mechanisms (Golgi tendon organs)
Increase of muscle size/CSA (cross-sectional area)
Interface between nerve and skeletal muscle.

28. acute anaerobic exercise significantly increases cardiovascular responses especially if the _______ _______ is used
Valsalva maneuver
Cross-linking
Increase in bone size and density
Fibrous connective tissues that surround a separate different organizational levels of muscle

29. A syndrome that shows the kinetic chain responds and adapts to imposed demands.
Progressive overload
Eccentric
1. junction between the tendon or ligament and the bone 2. in the body of the tendon or ligament 3. in the network of fascia in the skeletal muscle
general adaption syndrome

30. mechanical loading - through intracellular processes - leads to ____ _____ and subsequent _____ _______
strength endurance
Marrow cavity -
Gene expression - protein sythesis
Protein - carbohydrate

31. excessively high volume (beyond the athlete's ability to recover) can result in...
1. water uptake 2. noncontractile protein synthesis 3. contractile protein sysnthesis = reduced degradation
Procollagen - synthesized and secreted by fibroblasts
Mechanical forces created during exercise
Excessive soreness and fatigue

32. glycogen content can rise as much as ______% after only 5 months of body-building style programs
112
Mechanical loading - bone modeling
Spongy - bridges cortical bone
hypertrophy

33. protein synthesis is elevated up to _____ hours after acute RT
Upregulation of factors in muscle regeneration and downregulation of inhibitory growth factors
Downregulate
48
Weight bearing

34. ligaments contain elastic fibers or ______
Elastin
Lactate threshold
Goes up further
neuromuscular specificity

35. simultaneous _______ and _______ _______ training can decrease sprint and jump power
Sprint - aerobic endurance
Excessive soreness and fatigue
112
Periosteum

36. The ability of the body to produce low levels of force and maintain them for extended periods of time
T
Excessive soreness and fatigue
1. increase in collagen fibril diameter 2. greater # of covalent cross-links within a hypertrophied fiber 3. increase in the # of collagen fibrils 4. increase in packing density of collagen fibrils
muscular endurance

37. the conterpart to IFG-I produced in skeletal muscle in response to mechanical loading
2 or fewer
Greater ability to tolerate and sustain prolonged high exercise intensitites
F
Mechano growth factor

38. interval training shown to increase BC by ___ to ____ %
Periosteum
112
16 -38
Marrow cavity -

39. ust be done at a high enough intensity to be above the _______ _______
F
Lactate threshold
Motor cortex
Prevents diffusion of oxygen and nutrients = death of chondrocytes and resorption of the cartilage matrix

40. to surpass the MES - an exercise must be ____ _____
Weight bearing
Interface between nerve and skeletal muscle.
Eccentric
X - a

41. immobilization of a joint...
Blood lactate - growth hormone
Prevents diffusion of oxygen and nutrients = death of chondrocytes and resorption of the cartilage matrix
Increase of muscle size/CSA (cross-sectional area)
VO2max

42. overtraining
Eccentric
maximal strength
Goes up further
Excessive frequency - volume or intensity resulting in extreme fatigue - illness - or injury

43. type IIx change their _________ isoform content to become more ___________
Periosteum
ATPhase - oxidative
Marrow cavity -
Mechanical forces created during exercise

44. cartilage functions: (3)
1. provide a smooth joint articulating surface 2. act as a shock absorber for forces through the joint 3. aid in the attachment of connective tissue to the skeleton
Capillary density
Body-building - circuit
Compact - dense outer shell

45. anaerobic training increases the _____ of the NMJ
Neural activation - precise mechanism
Area
Elastin
Fibrous connective tissues that surround a separate different organizational levels of muscle

46. W/heavy resistance training - all muscle fibers get bigger because

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47. due to muscle size increase - ________ _______ decreases
Mitocondrial density (mitochondrial density is expressed relative to muscle area)
Reservoir - IIx - IIax - IIa - IIac - IIc
16 -38
Upregulation of factors in muscle regeneration and downregulation of inhibitory growth factors

48. A prolonged intolerable strssor produces fatigue and leads to a breakdown in the system or injury
exhaustion
strength endurance
16 -38
No hormonal changes - must look for sympathetic overtraining syndrome signs

49. High firing rates are important at the _______ of ballistic movement to increase rate of force development.
ATPhase - oxidative
Onset
Downregulate
Mechanical forces created during exercise

50. process of protein synthesis (3)
Timing
1. water uptake 2. noncontractile protein synthesis 3. contractile protein sysnthesis = reduced degradation
Peripheral - global
Rough form found in intervertebral disks of spine and where tendons attach to bones

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