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Chapter 7 Age and Sex-Related Differences & Their Implications for Resistance Exercise
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Chapter 7 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
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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.
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Scenario Cont. –Chronological age – How old in years –Biological age – Measure of skeletal age, somatic physique and sexual maturation Mesomorph, Endomorph, Ectomorph
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Chapter 7 –What about the person’s training age? –What about peak height velocity (damage to bones)? –Do adolescence children gain muscular size or strength.
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At what age to we achieve our muscular peak?
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