1. Resistance Training: Benefits present and future BY: Ryan Sickles

2. Do You Really Know??? Which of these are resistance exercises? (may be more than 1 answer. – A. Free Jogging – B. Climbing stairs – C. Push-ups – D. Lifting How do you think your muscles grow? What will training your muscles do for your health?

3. What is Resistance Training What is it? – Defined - any method or form of strength training used to resist, overcome, or bear force. – Free weights, resistance bands, your own body, anything that makes your muscles contract from an external force Types – Power lifting - a weight-lifting competition composing of squats, dead lifts, and bench pressing – Olympic weight lifting – lifting the weight overhead – strength training – lifting weights to get stronger

4. Hypertrophy The process of building larger muscles – 3 stages Equilibrium – neither working nor recovering, Catabolism – the workout stage where you use energy and damage muscle fibers Anabolism – the recovery stage where you recover energy and restore your muscle fibers

5. Immediate Benefits Increased muscle mass and tone – Increased physical performance – Injury prevention maintain body weight through increased metabolism – Increased weight from muscle leads to higher need for energy to keep body standing – Leads to better body composition with proper nutrition

6. Benefits For Future helps fight osteoporosis (RESEARCH)

7. Now do you know??? Which of these are resistance exercises? (may be more than 1 answer. – A. Free Jogging – B. Climbing stairs – C. Push-ups – D. Lifting How do you think your muscles grow? – Through the exercise period called catabolism and then the recovery period called anabolism What will training your muscles do for your health?

8. Works Cited http://www.emedicinehealth.com/strength_tr aining/article_em.htm http://www.ncpad.org/exercise/fact_sheet.ph p?sheet=20&section=129 http://medical- dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/resistance+tr aining http://www.popularfitness.com/articles/big- bench.html