1. Muscular Strength & Endurance Chapter 7  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth

2. Benefits of Strength Training • General benefits • Muscular strength & aging • Gender differences • Changes in body composition  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth

3. Assessment of Muscular Strength & Endurance • Muscular strength: Hand Grip Strength Test • Muscular Endurance Test • Muscular Strength & Endurance Test  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth

4. Strength-Training Prescription • Factors that affect strength • Neural stimulation • Types of muscle fiber • Overload • Specificity of training  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth

5. Principles Involved in Strength Training • Mode of training • Isometric training • Dynamic training • Concentric vs. eccentric • Free weights vs. machines in dynamic training • Advantages of free weights • Advantages of machines  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth

6. Principles Involved in Strength Training • Resistance • Sets • Frequency • Training volume • Plyometrics • Strength gains  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth

7. Strength-Training Exercises • Without weights • With weights • Alternating exercises  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth

8. Dietary Guidelines for Strength Development • Protein & kcal intakes • Timing of meals/snacks  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth

9. Core Strength Training • Pilates exercise system • Stability exercise balls • Elastic-band resistive exercise  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth

10. Exercise Safety Guidelines • Exercise selection • Environment • Warm-up • Proper work-out techniques • Common sense  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth

11. Setting Up Your Own Strength-Training Program • Lab 7B • Figure 7.8 • Table 7.5  2010 Cengage-Wadsworth