Strength And Strength Of Muscular Endurance - 1770 Words

Strength Muscular strength is much different from muscular endurance. Strength is the extent to how much force your muscles can use and apply. Strength concentrates more on quick and short spurts of energy. An example of how this component of fitness can be tested in an assessment is in the ‘Upper body push and pull strength test’. For this test the equipment used is a Strength Meter dynamometer. You have three tries when doing this test and the best of three is recorded for each test (the push and then the pull) and the dynamometer must be set to zero each time. This assessment works by the person taking the test having the Strength Meter dynamometer placed over their shoulders where the handles are placed at the front of the body-around†¦show more content†¦The participants must continuously run between two cones or lines which are set up 20 metres apart between two recorded beeps. The CD had all the instructions on and will tell the participants when to start; the first level is a slight jog and gradually gets quicker up through the levels. If you reach one of the lines before the beep has sounded then you must wait for it to sound before you start running again. Before you drop out you have to miss three consecutive beeps (one after another). Speed Speed is the skill to move with a quick pace or move parts of the body quickly. When you think about speed you usually think its how fast someone can run but it’s not just that, as it’s also to do with their acceleration, maximal speed of movement and speed maintenance. This is because speed needs other components to help it move along in a rapid way, which includes: strength and power. An example of how this component of fitness can be tested in an assessment is the ‘100m Swim Time Trial’. This test is used to measure the participant’s ability to sprint swim a given distance, in this case 100m in a timed environment. This is often used for athletes to practise for when they are doing triathlons. More than one participant can take part at one time and the pool should ideally be 50 metres but any pool will do as long as the distance that the participant completes is 100