WEEK 10: EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Under what conditions do muscles strengthen? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅They strengthen when
trained near current maximal force generating capacity.
Give some examples of resistance training - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Bosy weight
- Plyometrics
- Vibrating platform
- Free weights
- Olympic/power lifting.
What six factors determine the way our bodies respond to resistance training? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅- Physical activity
- Genetics
- Nervous system activation
- Environmental factors
- Endocrine influences
- Nutritional status
Central nervous system activation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Motor unit recruitment
- Increase in number (of MUs recruited)
- Synchronous (firing at the same time)
- Co-activation (antagonist muscles contracting during new activity to aid in control)
- Firing rate
Are all increase in strength due to muscle mass? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅No, neural adaptations
cause an increase in strength seen particularly in the early stages of training/new training.
AND ANSWERS
Under what conditions do muscles strengthen? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅They strengthen when
trained near current maximal force generating capacity.
Give some examples of resistance training - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅- Bosy weight
- Plyometrics
- Vibrating platform
- Free weights
- Olympic/power lifting.
What six factors determine the way our bodies respond to resistance training? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅- Physical activity
- Genetics
- Nervous system activation
- Environmental factors
- Endocrine influences
- Nutritional status
Central nervous system activation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Motor unit recruitment
- Increase in number (of MUs recruited)
- Synchronous (firing at the same time)
- Co-activation (antagonist muscles contracting during new activity to aid in control)
- Firing rate
Are all increase in strength due to muscle mass? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅No, neural adaptations
cause an increase in strength seen particularly in the early stages of training/new training.
