Muscular strength and endurance are two important parts of your body’s ability to move, lift things and do day-to-day activities. Muscular strength is the amount of force you can put out or the amount of weight you can lift. Muscular endurance is how many times you can move that weight
without getting exhausted (very tired). Muscular strength and endurance are important for many reasons: There are many ways to improve muscular strength and endurance. A gym or fitness centre is a good place to go if you’re interested in doing resistance training (also called strength training, weight training or weight lifting). This involves working a muscle or group of muscles against resistance to increase strength
and power. Resistance training can include using:
Of course, you don’t have to go to a gym or buy exercise equipment to improve muscular strength and endurance. Doing normal daily activities like lifting groceries or walking up and down stairs can also help. You can also do many exercises at home that don’t need equipment, such as push-ups and sit-ups. All you have to do is challenge your muscles to work harder or longer than they usually do. Remember, if you’re going to do strengthening exercises that involve lifting, it’s important to use the correct techniques. Last Reviewed: November, 2016 © 2016 Province of British Columbia. All rights reserved. May be reproduced in its entirety provided the source is acknowledged. This information is not meant to replace advice from your medical doctor or individual counselling with a health professional. It is intended for educational and informational purposes only. focusNode Didn't know it? Knew it? Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into
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Popular Health & Social Care sets Which means the ability of your muscles to perform physical tasks over a period of time without tiring?Muscular endurance: The ability of the muscles to perform physical tasks over a period oftime without becoming fatigued.
What is the ability to contract the muscles many times without tiring known as?Muscular endurance is the ability to continue contracting a muscle, or group of muscles, against resistance, such as weights or body weight, over a period of time. Increasing the performance of these muscles means they can continue to contract and work against these forces.
What is the ability to use the same muscles for a long period of time?What is muscular endurance? Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to perform repetitive contractions against a force for an extended period of time. The greater your muscular endurance the higher number of repetitions you could complete.
What is the ability of a muscle to continue over a period of time against a light to moderate load?Muscular endurance = It is the ability of a muscle or group of muscles to keep contracting over a period of time against light to moderate load. Flexibility = Having an adequate range of motion in all joints of the body.
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