Muscular Strength

• What are the differences between skeletal muscle tissue and the other types of muscle tissue?

The smooth an cardiac muscles are involuntary. The cardiac muscles are next to your heart, and the smooth muscles are mostly in your stomach, to digest food. The skeletal muscles are the ones that help control your body movements. These are voluntary muscles.

• Why is your metabolic rate so closely tied to the amount of your muscle tissue you have?

Our metabolism is how much energy we have and how fast our body works. So if our muscle tissues increase, our metabolism increases. If they decrease, our metabolism decreases.

• Define the three types of muscle contractions. Give an example of each.

An example of isometric contraction is if you were carrying a box. Since the weight of the box gong down and the strength of your arms going up are the same, there isn't movement.

An example of concentric contractions is when you pick/lift something up. The movement is going upwards.

An example of eccentric contraction is when you put something down, or something you carry is heavier than you can lift, so it goes down.

• What are the differences between type 1 muscle fibers and type 2 muscle fibers?

Type one fibers are shorter, and can endure being used for a long time, but it also takes a long time to generate power/strength. Type two fibers can generate large amounts of power/strength in a short time, but it only lasts for a short time.

• Do you have access to any strength training equipment? If so, what types of equipment do you have access to? Where is the equipment located?

There are some in the gym next to my dance studio, but I probably will never go there since it costs money to use the equipment. I think I saw bench-presses and barbells, but that's all I remember.

• Define a 'strength plateau,' and describe how to overcome it.

A point in the strength training where the muscles no longer develop or strengthen. To overcome it you need to change up your exercises, maybe do different muscles on different days, lessen your exercising days, or lengthen the sessions. Just something to change it up. But be careful when you do it, you don't want to strain your muscles.

• What happens if a person discontinues to train?

When you stop training, and the diet as been the same since pre-training, not only do your muscles become weaker and smaller from lack of use, but fat is stored in your body, since it is no longer being burned, and the body will be unfit.