Keeping fit as we grow older

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

8 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

07/07/2009

Category :

Arts & media

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction
Problem statement
Determining how much weight a person should use during exercise
Recommendation by NSCA
Manipulation of the visual system seems
The modalities of sensory feedback
Lack of vision and its consequences
Hypothesis and research
Data analysis
Bibliography

Abstract

Injuries and age lead to progressive declines in muscular strength and lean muscle mass. Evidence exists that age-related and injury related declines in muscular strength and lean mass (Feigenbaum & Pollock, 1999) can be impeded following mechanical stress on the body resulting in the form of resistance training. Recommendations made by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) regarding the importance of resistance training (Kenney, 1995), has resulted in health professionals more frequently prescribing resistance training for adults as a component of overall wellness and fitness program. People with injuries are also prescribed resistance training, to return them to their pre-injury status.

Resistance training is beneficial for people in all walks of life, from children to adults. A goal of resistance training is to increase muscular strength, and currently the method being employed is joint over-load. The current method tends to increase isokinetic muscular strength over a 6-8 week period and accounts for muscle hypertrophy and joint overload. Novice lifters tend to use muscle over-load as the only form of increasing strength. However, this method does not account for increased load on the proprioceptory response, which has shown to increase isokinetic strength.