Muscle Strengths

He let out a powerful yell, one much similar to a war cry and began to lift the 500 pounds in front of him off the floor. Everyone on the lacrosse team was cheering him on as the barbell slowly moved up and reached its destination. I stood there in awe at this incredible feat of strength: at this moment that I knew that I too, wanted to be strong. Before I became serious about weightlifting, I would often settle for the minimum amount of success possible. I believed that this was enough to get by in life. Once I began weightlifting however, I saw almost no progress. After reevaluating what I had been doing, I realized I needed to take a different approach and take weightlifting more seriously. I decided to set smaller, more achievable goals

My concerns of doing Muscular endurance is not doing enough or do so much that the next day I am in pain. I like doing sit-ups because I can work on my core. Push-ups help me tone my biceps. My goal is to increase the amount of sit-ups and push-ups I do during this class and continue this goal.

Common impairments & functional limitations: muscle weakness, low muscle tone, hyporeflexia, poor voluntary muscle activation and control, muscle incoordination, scoliosis, trouble with sit-to-stands, trouble climbing stairs, trouble ambulating long distances, trouble standing unassisted,

The value of muscle strength is important because that helps an individual burn as much fat as possible without having to starve themselves. In addition, aerobic exercise is fun and also helps anyone lose weight when done in the appropriate way. Furthermore, aerobic exercise can be performed not just by yourself, but you can also bring your whole family to join and stay fit. The impact of variable intensity level training would help an individual build more muscle when performed on a daily basis. Since the training is intense and is not like simple workout, then of course the person is going to sweat more than usual and that would burn off calories and also help build muscles on the arms and legs as well. The myths that are associated with strength training is that you can get as large

I visited Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare- Terrace St. Francis on June 5, 2015 and I observed a new geriatric patient, who is female and 81 years old. She fell on the ground and has a left hip fracture and an open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), but the therapist and I did not know how this happened to her because she has dementia, and did not remember when the therapist asked her or her sister, who is the only person responsible for the patient, was not with her during the session. After the evaluation was done to the patient, it was concluded that the patient has muscle weakness and mild pain in

My goal was to improve on my muscular endurance. To achieve my goal I had to work on holding my plank for a longer period of time and trying to do as many push ups as I can.

There were several different interventions performed aimed at increasing range of motion, balance/proprioception, and to increase strength of the right lower extremity. Following the initial examination and evaluation a brief therapeutic exercise period ensued. The gastrocnemius and soleus were both stretched against a wall each for two sets of 60 seconds to help increase dorsiflexion range of motion (Radford, Burns, Buchbinder, Landford, Cook, 2006). Active range of motion for dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, inversion and eversion was performed on a wobble board while seated for 20 repetitions in each directions to increase range of motion, but more importantly to improve proprioception (Bernier and Perrin, 1998). Plantar flexion strength was addressed by utilizing green thera-tubing around the forefoot with the patient holding the other end of the tube. This was performed for one set of 20 repetitions. Body weight squats using a railing for support were chosen as they are a closed kinetic chain exercise that challenges the gluteus muscle group as well as hamstrings while also causing dorsiflexion of the ankles (Gryzlo SM, Patek RM, Pink M, Perry J, 1994). Closed chain exercises were started initiated at the first visit as they cause an increase in joint compressive forces which can lead to increased stability, increased muscle activation, and decreased joint shearing forces (Harter, 1996). Supine bridges on a 55 cm theraball were performed for 20 repetitions to address the

You may not know a lot about wrestling but losing weight is one of the most major parts of the sport and there is no leeway when it comes to making weight, if you want to wrestle the 113 weight class then you have to weigh 113.0 or less or you can not wrestle that day. During the season I was able to hold my own in that weight class, my record was 11:12 which is not bad it’s just that I can do better. Even though a weight class might not seem like a lot but it is until you wrestle you will never understand of 6 or 7 lbs, the strength difference is dramatic. My coach during the season told me to drop to the 113 weight class, but I always found a reason not to lose the weight, but at the end of the season, I decided to man up and drop the weight.

Mobility is essential for general independence as well as ensuring good health and quality of life (QoL) (Michelle, Jim, Jennifer, Sjaanie, & Judith, 2006). In old age, muscle weakness due to sarcopenia is responsible for the occurrences of frailty and important disability (Fried, et al., 2001). Especially in institutionalised elderly persons, muscle strength can deteriorate to a point where it becomes critical for independence of transfers and walking. There is strong evidence that in healthy older persons major gains in muscle strength can be obtained by resistance exercises (Latham, Bennett, Stretton, & Anderson, 2004). The ability to walk for a short distance and the grip strength are quick and inexpensive measure of physical function, and are important components of quality of life, since it reflects the capacity to undertake day-today activities. The six-minute walk distance test (6MWD) was developed by (Balke, 1963), to evaluate functional capacity like cardiovascular or pulmonary disease.

The resident on 1:1 physiotherapy to improve his dynamic standing balance, strength and endurance. Resident

When I start to become old and considered an elderly person, I would like to become independent and to not have other people always supporting my every step. To avoid this, I would have to have muscular strength to perform daily activities like pick up a gallon of milk and to pick up the trash bag when the bag becomes full. By the time that I am old, I will begin to struggle while picking up a gallon of milk but with good muscular strength, it will allow me to do that. Another daily activity that depends on my muscular strength is to pick up groceries from the car after they are purchased. These daily activities will be performing mostly every day and I will struggle if I do not maintain the muscular strength. Some activities that I will also

Muscular Strength is one of the five health related components of physical fitness. It is the maximum amount of force that a muscle can exert in a single effort. The amount of muscle strength depends on many factors that are gender, age, and inherited physical attributes. Muscular strength is measured using One Rep Max (1RM). 1RM is the maximum amount of weight that a given muscle can move for one complete repetition.

Loss of muscle strength or coordination occurs in a wide variety of disorders, each of which poses a special problem. These conditions include weakness, altered muscle tone, involuntary movements or reduced coordination due to poliomyelitis, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, the muscular dystrophies, myasthenia gravis, tumours of the brain or spinal cord, spinal stenosis, spina bifida, organic brain damage following a head injury or stroke, Tourette’s syndrome, Huntington’s chorea and ataxias.

However lower limbs more relevant than upper limbs for estimation of gait and physical function, handgrip strength has been used and well correlated with the most relevant outcomes. But there is factors unrelated to muscle strength, e.g. motivation or cognition, may interfere the correct assessment of muscle strength (Cruz-Jentoft et al., 2010).

Muscular endurance is very important for people playing sports and who have to sustain an activity for long periods of time. Muscular endurance is determined by how well your slow twitch muscle fibers are developed. In case your wondering what slow twitch muscle fibers are, I will explain. There are generally two types of muscle fibers in your body, slow twitch and fast twitch. Slow twitch muscle fibers cannot exert as much force as fast twitch, but can sustain an effort over a much greater period of time. Fast twitch muscle fibers can exert a great amount of force but for a very limited amount of time. Therefore, slow twitch equals endurance, while fast twitch equals strength.