1. Chapter 9
Age and Sex-Related Differences & Their Implications for Resistance Exercise

2. Chapter 9 Preadolesence – prior to secondary sex characteristics
Adolescence – period from childhood & adulthood
Older or Senior – 65 years old and older
Growth – Increase in the body size
Development – Natural process from prenatal life to adulthood

3. Maturation – Process of becoming mature and fully functional
Scenario – A high school football coach is offering extrinsic motivation for the any player or student that achieves a 300 lb bench press.
Good idea or bad idea?
What about age of students attempting this feat.

4. Scenario Cont. Chronological age – How old in years
Biological age – Measure of skeletal age, somatic physique and sexual maturation
Mesomorph, Endomorph, Ectomorph
What about the person’s training age?
What about peak height velocity (damage to bones)?
Do adolescence children gain muscular size or strength.

5. At what age to we achieve our muscular peak? Women age 20, Men 20-30