Year 10 - Physical education
Types of strength
Physical training: health and fitness
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Unit Summary
This unit will explore the relationship between health, fitness, exercise and performance before unpacking the different components of fitness. This understanding will include key definitions, how to test and train each but also which components are most important for different sports.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe different types of strength and consider the appropriate fitness tests to measure strength.
Key Notes
- Strength includes maximal, static, dynamic and explosive strength.
- Dynamic strength is similar to muscular endurance.
- Explosive strength is power.
- The one rep max test measures maximal strength.
- The hand grip dynamometer measures strength.
Vocabulary To Learn
- strength: the ability to overcome a resistance
- dynamic strength: the ability of a muscle, or muscle group, to undergo repeated contractions, avoiding fatigue (muscular endurance)
- static strength: to hold a body part (limb) in a static position and muscle length stays the same
- explosive strength: product of strength and speed (anaerobic power)
- maximal strength: the largest force a muscle, or group of muscles, can exert in a single contraction
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- There is only one type of strength which we usually associate with lifting heavy weights.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Strength includes maximal, static, dynamic and explosive strength. Dynamic strength is similar to muscular endurance.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'strength'
the ability to overcome a resistance.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: There is only one type of strength which we usually associate with lifting heavy weights. Correction: There are four types of strength: maximal, dynamic, static and explosive.
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