Evidence of lifting weights can be traced back to the origins of man. As far back as cave painting and scrolls, there exists evidence of weightlifting. Initially as an expression of strength, to competition and functional training, weightlifting has carved its path through the ages. It has taken on a new role in the modern world; athletic training. With an entirely new emphasis in sports on speed, strength, and flexibility; weightlifting is more popular than ever. Unfortunately, young athletes often do more harm than good by injuring themselves lifting. When these uneducated lifters try to jump right into a program, lifting more than they should, an injury is imminent. What is overlooked, is that when weightlifting is done correctly, it …show more content…
In athletic training specifically, the athletes want to gain an athletic advantage by training speed, flexibility, force production, and building muscle memory (Coy).
In today's world, millions of high school students get their first introduction to weight training through sports, often times poorly trained by a coach who has no formal training. The student is almost never taught theory behind the lift (Walker).
Most athletic training lifts are based on the theory of hypertrophy. Stressing the individual muscle fibers to the point of breaking causes them to grow back stronger and bigger. Lifting very heavy weights, few times, will produce more size and less strength, while lifting light weights very many times, will have the opposite effect (Kleiner).
In athletic lifts with an objective of flexibility, the task involves stretching the muscles and joints to provide a larger range of motion. Stretching lengthens the muscles, ligaments, and tendons in order to loosen them. Stretching to promote flexibility or before physical activity can help to prevent injury. Unfortunately, because gains harder to measure in flexibility, athletes and coaches often underemphasize this important part of training (Walker).
Force production is a component used almost exclusively in athletic training because it can simulate actions of the actual sport, giving the athlete an advantage. Coaches use force
In my time in the health and fitness industry, I have encountered professional fighters, runners, and even bodybuilders who had a minimal grasp of the concept. However, even if you are unfamiliar with strength training as a term, I’m sure you have some idea as to what it entails. As the name suggests, strength training is an exercise regime through which the subject increases the level of power that they are capable of exuding at any one time, basically improving his or her capacity for heavy lifting. There are a number of ways in which this is achieved, but the most common - not to mention the most logical and effective - is the gradual addition of weight to the barbells, dumbbells, and weight machines used by the subject. The starting weight the subject is expected to lift will vary from case to case, as will the frequency with which weight is added. If you go the personal trainer route, you can expect them to decide when your weight is increased, though you should never be afraid to say if you feel you are being asked to lift too much too
Weight lifting is important for several reasons. First and foremost it prepares an athlete’s body to endure the rigors of the physical sports. Typically athletes will experience an enhanced ability to
Being an athlete I know the struggles of strength and conditioning. Many athletes are pushed in the weight room and during conditioning, however are they being taught the right way? Effective weight training depends on proper technique. Many coaches try to go off of what they know and force their athletes to lift weights. This improper way of lifting often causes injury. The athlete should also lift the proper amount of weights. Athletes today need to know the right way to lift weights. This will allow them to actually gain muscle, power and speed instead of just being sore. There are many factors in weight lifting which include diet, frequency, intensity, and specification. All of these factors play a vital role in developing muscle.
Power lifts uses the majority of large muscle groups to build muscle for strength and speed. The triple extension of a power clean is similar to many activities within soccer, such as running, jumping, and diving to block shots. The snatch and clean exercises are a beneficial to aid in mobility, increase powerful, build lean muscle mass, and even tax the cardiovascular system. Back squats build lower body strength, which helps improve speed. The soccer goalie must be able to have a powerful kick to move the ball to the other side of the field. The deadlift is an exercise for core strength and increase overall power. Bench pressing increases upper body strength, something that soccer goalies need in order to be able to throw the ball with their hands. The power clean is beneficial in athletics as it teaches an athlete’s muscles to react explosively, develops neuromuscular coordination, and improves reaction time. The stronger athletes were able to apply greater amounts of force to the ground, allowing them to sprint at greater velocities.
Many people look for an activity that will better them in every way possible; weightlifting is the greatest activity in the world for such goals! Weightlifting yields so many benefits and it can improve the quality of life for anyone who can do it. Weightlifting is one of the activities that, in conjunction with other exercise and proper diet, will improve overall health, physical performance, and mentality.
In sport, an understanding of biomechanical principles allows athletes and coaches to breakdown movement and learn the correct way to execute a skill (Singh Yadav, 2016, P 669-670).
Finally to improve strength players can do specific weight circuit training and resistance training, to progressively overload your body start adding in more repetitions and sets to make it more difficult.
All athletes regardless of age, gender, genetics or sport can benefit from effective training. It is important that the selected training improves the body’s ability to perform tasks associated with the chosen
Having an idea of the relative contributions to improved performance by strength and technique will enable an athlete and his coach to formulate a more effective training plan.
Choosing a vocation can be a daunting task. With the world ever-evolving, one may come across a new attractive career every year. In order to ensure optimal job satisfaction, it is vital to educate oneself about every alluring prospect prior to committing. Simple factors like the time commitment and salary can mean the difference between a content existence and a miserable one.
The mission of the Leatherneck Strength and Conditioning Staff is to provide each athlete with a year-round, athletic based strength & conditioning program. The primary goals of each program are to reduce the risk of injury and increase performance in the athletes' sport(s). Between the use of two facilities with over 12,000 pounds of free weights, dumbbells, and machines the athletes are challenged daily to improve upon and maximize their speed, strength, power, agility, conditioning, and flexibility. Utilizing the Olympic and power lifts, plyometrics, speed & agility drills, strongman/strongwoman training, nutritional
Hip flexion/ Knee Extension; Hip extension/ Knee flexion. Major muscles involved include the quadriceps, the inner thigh, the hamstrings and gluteal region. Also, leg strength in the calve muscles is important.
For the purposes of these studies and this paper, strength training will be defined as the use of progressive resistance methods such as body weight (i.e. pushups), free weights, isotonic and isokinetic machines utilized in an attempt to increase one’s ability to exert or resist force (Cahill, 1995). Prepubescence will be defined as a child, male or female, typically no older than
The weights to be lifted should always be gradual, and one should not attempt to light heavy weights without perfecting on the less heavy
Weight training originated in the Egyptian-Greek era. Since war was common in those days, weight training was a tool to gain muscle and stamina. It wasn’t until the early 1900’s did a man named Eugene Sandow change the way people viewed bodybuilding. In those days, weightlifters were called “strongmen”. These “strongmen” entertained people with their displays of great strengths by lifting animals and pulling carts. Many “strongmen” were overweight with meaty limbs, in which today’s society would view as “overweight”. It wasn’t until Sandow came along that the concept of weightlifting changed. Sandow was able to display great acts of strength, but unlike the “strongmen”, had an appealing physique to the public. His physique drew people in by the masses. People became intrigued with weightlifting and many researchers began to study the sport. Through their research, they