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Chapter 9. Age and Sex-Related Differences & Their Implications for Resistance Exercise. Chapter 9. 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
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Chapter 9 Age and Sex-Related Differences & Their Implications for Resistance Exercise
Chapter 9 • 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
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.
Scenario Cont. • Chronological age – How old in years • Biological age – Measure of skeletal age, somatic physique and sexual maturation • Mesomorph, Endomorph, Ectomorph • What about the person’s training age? • What about peak height velocity (damage to bones)? • Do adolescence children gain muscular size or strength.
At what age to we achieve our muscular peak? Women age 20, Men 20-30
