Strengthening Terminology, Shoulder Abduction Theraband, Shoulder Adduction Theraband, Shoulder Flexion Theraband, Shoulder Extension Theraband, External Shoulder Rotation Theraband, Internal Shoulder Rotation Theraband

What you do as my client outside of the treatment room if done properly will help you to break the cycle of feeling sore, getting a treatment and then slowly getting sore again because of no real lifestyle changes. The following is a list of some terminology and benefits related to strength training.

The picture in this post is of a bicep curl with my elbow extended at the start of the phase followed by the end of a concentric contraction.

Benefits of resistance training

•muscle fiber size
•muscle contractile strength
•coordination among muscle groups
•tendon and ligament contractile
•bone strength

Muscular Strength
• the maximum of force that a muscle or a muscle group can generate.

Muscular Endurance
•the ability of a muscle to repeatedly exert force over a period of time.

Muscular Power
•the explosive aspect of strength. It is the product of strength and speed of movement.

Muscular Contractions

Isometric
•in this static contraction, the muscle exerts force to counteract an opposing force and no change in the muscle length occurs.

Isotonic
•involves concentric and eccentric muscular contractions where constant resistance is provided through the entire range of motion.

Repetition
•is a single complete movement of an exercise that consists of a concentric and eccentric motion.

Set
•a combination of reps. A set of 12 dumb-bell biceps curls is the full motion repeated 12 times.

Load
•this is the amount of resistance used for a given exercise

Tempo
•is the speed at which the exercise is performed. It usually consists of four numbers, counted in seconds. A bicep curl could look like this 5:0:5:0. 5 seconds for the concentric movement, followed by no pause then a 5 second eccentric movement followed by no pause.

Rest
•is the time between sets or exercises. The amount of rest is dictated by the intensity of the exercise and your experience with resistance exercises.