PERSONAL FITNESS PROGRAM For the past 7-weeks we’ve been taking LABS to identify our physical strengths and weaknesses. In the Muscular Strength lab my hand grip score was FAIR, 32 lbs. My score wasn’t higher than everyone else’s, but I’m still proud at least I got a fair score unlike the usual ‘Poor’ or ‘Needs Improvement’. For my Muscular Endurance lab I could only perform 43 bench umps and 16 push-ups in one minute. My fitness category was fair (again), I understand my scores are low because
athletes prove to have used banned drugs to enhance their performance from Rashid Ramzi, track and field to Mark McGwire, baseball. Performance enhancing drugs are called “performance-enhancing” for a reason; they help the athletes get stronger, muscular strength, perform better, train harder, and recover more quickly after an injury. This is why the role of the anti-doping agency is important in games such as Tour de France, the Olympic game. Nowadays, the question, should performance-enhancing drugs
Paralympic Games held in Rome, Italy only includes archery, basketball, fencing, javelin, shot-put and three swimming events. Year after year, Paralympic Games has led a parallel existence with Olympic Games. However, the Paralympic Swimming is slightly different from the Olympic Swimming as the swimmers need to classify into different
fitness – when exercise is performed over a period of weeks or months, the body adapts. Regular exercise causes physiological changes to occur, which improve the body’s ability to exercise efficiently, for longer and with a higher intensity. Muscular system Muscle hypertrophy – is when the muscles increase in size and bulk. It is caused by an increase in contractile proteins (Actin & Myosin) within the muscle cell so that they can contract with greater force this is known as muscle
The researcher will attempt to throw light on the influence of organized Physical Education training programme, that prevailing in the training colleges of our country, on trainee females on perspectives of Sports Performance. The subjects of the present study were 18 female students aged 22 through 24 years. They were undergoing physical education training course (2014-15) in the Department of Physical Education Kalyani University, West Bengal. Physical fitness was considered as criteria to assess